Agave americana L. (AGAVACEAE)
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| Species Info |
Species name: |
Agave americana L. |
Principal Synonym: |
No Main Synonyms |
Plant Family: |
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General names: |
American Agave |
Maltese name: |
Sabbara tal-Amerika |
Status: |
Naturalised Alien. Not native, introduced in the last 500 years from foreign countries and now found naturalised throughout the Maltese islands |
Frequency in the wild: |
Very Common Common
Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
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Growth form: |
Macro-Phanerophyte (High trees) |
Legal Protection: |
Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) |
Red List 1989: |
Not listed in the Flora section of the National Red Data Book (Lanfranco, 1989) |
Flowering Time: |
All Year |
Remarks: |
Introduced as an ornamental plant and became invasive in several wild places namely by the coast. Examples include Bahar ic-Caghaq (near Maghtab), Ghar Lapsi and Ta' Cenc. Flowers are produced once in the plant's lifetime, after 10 to 100 years and then the plant dies. The flowering stalk is impressively large and tall and holds both seed-producing flowers (sexual reproduction) and reproductive plantlets (asexual reproduction).
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