Origin and Habitat:Agave potatorumSN|540]]SN|540]] comes from Mexico, occurs from southern Pueblo state down to central Oaxaca and Chiapas, in semi-arid highlands between 1200 and 2200 m. It is quite variable. The "verschaffeltii" form is commonly found in cultivation.
Description:Description:A. potatorum "verschaffeltii"is a small Agave, growing solitary or slowly clumping, that forms an open symmetrical succulent rosette, up to 60 cm tall, 60 m in diameter. But the size of the plant from different population and the clones on the market are quite variable and may be anywhere between 10 and 90 cm in diameter when fully grown-up. Leaves:Blue-grey to silvery-grey, broad, 25-40 cm long, slightly deflexed back near the tips that terminate in a distinctive, often twisted or slightly wavy, reddish, yellowish or dark brown spine up to 2,5 long. Typical of the form vershaffeltii are the short marginal spines on pronounced tubercle-like prominences. The leaves also have distinct showy bud-imprints. Flowers:Long spikes that rise up to 3 to 5 m bearing light green flowers tinged with red and subtended with red bracts.
Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Agave potatorum group
Agave potatorumZucc.: Small Agave, growing solitary or slowly clumping, that forms an compact to open symmetrical succulent rosette. It is a very polymorphic species with a large range of variability and the size.
Agave potatorum f. compactahort.: Dwarf cultivated form that grows eventually up to 20(-30) cm tall and in diameter. The leaves have distinct showy bud-imprints.
