Species · genus Agave · Asparagaceae

Madrecuixe

Agave karwinskii Zucc.

Also known as: Cuixe · Bicuishe · Tobasiche · Tobaziche · Verde Agave

Growth habit

succulent perennial

Native range

Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest

Reference · A. karwinskii

Cultivars of A. karwinskii

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No named cultivars catalogued under A. karwinskii yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Agave karwinskii is a succulent perennial from the arid uplands of central and southwestern Mexico, built to store water in its fleshy rosette and endure long dry spells. Give it the brightest, sunniest spot you can and a gritty, fast-draining mix; water deeply only when the soil has dried out completely, then let it dry again before the next watering. It rots if left sitting wet, so err toward neglect rather than generosity.

Care recipe

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Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

8–34 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, sharply draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Readily separated offsets and bulbils

Fertilizing

Light feed once or twice during the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Tall branching spike after many years, forms dense clumps

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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