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Agave toumeyana var. bella Breitung
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 32: 81, fig. 41. 1960
Family: AGAVACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Agave toumeyana subs. bella (Breitung) Gentry
Agaves Cont. N. Amer. 211 (1982)

Agave toumeyana var. bella (Toumey's Century Plant)
Agave toumeyana var. bella (Toumey's Century Plant)
It is a rare and unusual plant with particularly dense rosettes that seems to get more spectacular the older it gets. The leaves are thin, stiff with striking white markings and adorned with curling white threads giving the small rosettes an appealing tidy appearance.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave toumeyana Trel.
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. xxiii. 140 (1920).

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave toumeyana subs. bella (Breitung) Gentry
Agaves Cont. N. Amer. 211 (1982)
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave toumeyana subs. bella f. variegata hort.

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Toumey's century plant, Toumey Agave, Hardy Century Plant, Silver Dollar Agave, Fairy-ring agave, Miniature Century Plant

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Agave toumeyana group

  • Agave toumeyana Trel.: It forms small compact rosettes, up to 30 cm in diameter, 30 cm tall, each with 100–200 leaves at maturity. Leaves are thin, stiff with striking white markings and adorned with curling white threads.
  • Agave toumeyana var. bella (Toumey's Century Plant)Agave toumeyana subs. bella (Breitung) Gentry: The 'bella'' variety is much smaller and compact than the Agave toumeyana (up to 20 cm tall). It also make smaller inflorescence.
  • Agave toumeyana subs. bella f. variegata hort.: Variegated form.


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Agave toumeyana var. bella (Agave toumeyana subs. bella) Photo by: Cactus Art
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Agave toumeyana var. bella (Agave toumeyana subs. bella) Photo by: Cactus Art

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Agave toumeyana var. bella (Agave toumeyana subs. bella) Photo by: Cactus Art
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Agave toumeyana var. bella (Agave toumeyana subs. bella) Photo by: Cactus Art

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Agave toumeyana var. bella (Agave toumeyana subs. bella) Photo by: Cactus Art
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Agave toumeyana var. bella (Agave toumeyana subs. bella) Photo by: Cactus Art


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