Species · genus Agave · Asparagaceae

Lecheguilla Agave

Agave lechuguilla Torr.

Also known as: Tampico Fiber · Shin-dagger Agave

Growth habit

succulent perennial

Native range

Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, New Mexico, Texas

Reference · A. lechuguilla

Cultivars of A. lechuguilla

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

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

Guide

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Agave lechuguilla is a succulent perennial native to the arid limestone deserts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, storing water in its stiff, fibrous leaves. Give it the brightest, most direct light you can and a gritty, fast-draining mix; water deeply but only when the soil has gone completely dry to the bottom of the pot. It tolerates dry indoor air well and rots quickly if left sitting in moisture.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-30d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 30 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

7–32 °C

Soil mix

Fast-draining cactus and succulent mix with extra grit

Propagation

Offsets (pups) separated from the base

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed once or twice in spring and summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors; blooms once at maturity, then dies

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 14-30d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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