Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Agave deserti, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Engelm.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 310 (1875)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1875	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Desert agave	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	S. California to Mexico (N. Baja California)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	100 cm	100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 199, 241	Sourced
Growth habit	Subshrub, Shrub, Forb/herb	Subshrub, Shrub, Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	empty	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Not on the record

Agave deserti Engelm., 1875 12% complete

Desert agave

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