Description
The Agave marmorata is a mid-sized species generally non-suckering with large, broad leaves. It is named “marmorata” (marbled) for the greyish marble-like hue and transverse zones that bar sometimes the leaves especially on specimens grown in full sun.
Agave bracteosa cv. Papilio Platanioïdes: This is an odd dwarf cultivars with round leaves ending in a thin “tail” looking like a green swallowtail butterfly (Papilio sp.). It usually grows to less than 20 cm wide, but like its “normal” parent, Agave marmorata, this plant eventually takes a greyish marble-like hue and transverse zones especially on specimens grown in full sun.
Origin and Habitat
Garden origin.