Asparagaceae
Parry's agave
Agave parryi
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Agave
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- باهرة بارية
- arz
- باهره باريه
- Chinese
- 吉祥天, 巴利龙舌兰
- English
- Parry's agave, Artichoke agave
- Polish
- Agawa parryi
- Russian
- Агава Парра
- Ukrainian
- Агава Паррі
Synonyms
- Agave applanata var. parryi (Engelm.) Mulford
- Agave parryi var. parryi
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.