Asparagaceae
McKelvey's century plant
Agave univittata
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Agave
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- أغاف أحادي الخطوط
- Chinese
- 單帶龍舌蘭, 单带龙舌兰, 单纹龙舌兰
- English
- McKelvey's century plant
Synonyms
- Agave caerulescens Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi
- Agave heteracantha Zucc.
- Agave heteracantha var. univittata (Haw.) A.Terracc.
- Agave heteracantha var. vittata (Regel) Regel
- Agave lophantha Schiede ex Kunth
- Agave lophantha f. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) Voss
- Agave lophantha var. angustifolia A.Berger
- Agave lophantha var. brevifolia Jacobi
- Agave lophantha var. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) Jacobi
- Agave lophantha var. gracilior Jacobi
- Agave lophantha var. pallida A.Berger
- Agave lophantha var. poselgeri A.Berger
- Agave lophantha var. subcanescens Jacobi
- Agave lophantha var. univittata Trel.
- Agave univittata var. angustifolia (A.Berger) Jacobson
- Agave univittata var. brevifolia (Jacobi) Jacobson
- Agave univittata var. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) H.Jacobsen
- Agave univittata var. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) Jacobson
- Agave univittata var. gracilior (Jacobi) Jacobson
- Agave univittata var. heteracantha (Zucc.) Breitung
- Agave univittata var. subcanescens (Jacobi) Jacobson
- Agave vittata Regel
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stickpen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Тајга, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 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.