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Perennial, shrub, tree, fibrous succulent or not, from bulbs or rhizomes.
Stem: above ground or not, branched or not.
Leaf: simple, deciduous or not, basal or in terminal rosettes, generally sessile, linear, lanceolate, oblanceolate or ovate, fibrous or not, thin and flexible or thick and rigid or succulent; margin entire, fine- serrate, dentate, or with filaments, tips rigid or flexible, with a spine or not.
Flower: bisexual; perianth parts 6, in 2 petal-like whorls, free or ± fused; stamens 6, ± fused to perianth, filaments often wide, succulent; ovary superior or inferior, chambers 3, style 1 (thick, poorly defined), stigma head-like or 3-lobed.
Fruit: capsule, indehiscent, loculicidal, or septicidal.
Seed: few to many, ± flat or ovoid, generally black.
23 genera, 637 species: worldwide. —Scientific Editors: Dale W. McNeal, Thomas J. Rosatti.

Key to Agavaceae

1 sp. (Greek: western beauty) [Utech 2002 FNANM 26:221; Bogler et al. 2006 Aliso 22:313–328]

Perennial; bulb 4–6 cm, ovoid, deep.
Stem: 30–180 cm, generally simple.
Leaf: mostly basal ( cauline reduced), 20–50 cm, 8–15 mm wide, blue-green; margins wavy, white.
Inflorescence: raceme; bracts conspicuous, ± ovate, papery; pedicels ± 1 cm.
Flower: jointed to pedicel, 4.5–6 cm, funnel-shaped; perianth parts 6, fused below, petal-like, white with silver-green midstripe especially abaxially, lobes 3–4 cm, ± oblanceolate, spreading; stamens 6, attached to perianth; ovary superior, chambers 3, style slender, stigma ± 3-lobed.
Fruit: 12–16 mm, 3-lobed, loculicidal.
Seed: ± 5 mm, flat, black.
n=24. Sandy flats; < 800 m. Desert;

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Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].

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Bioregions in which taxon occurs	Red area (if present) is the part of the bioregion lying between the upper and lower elevation limits of the taxon; markers link to CCH specimen records. If the markers are obscured, reload the page [or change window size and reload]. Yellow markers indicate records that may provide evidence for eFlora range revision or may have georeferencing or identification issues.
Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.