General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late fall or early winter
Winter
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Toxicity: Other: The juice from many species of agave can cause acute contact dermatitis that produces reddening and blistering lasting approximately one to two weeks. Itching may recur up to a year later without a visible rash. Dried parts of the plants can be handled sa
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow in shallow pots with a well draining, sterile mix; 50/50 organic/inorganic of coarse perlite, pumice; sphagnum peat or good compost. Avoid manures. Irrigate from below by submerging in water to 1/2 height of pot. Provide bright, indirect light and a
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Offsets
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Monocarpic
Conservation status: Endangered (EN)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Endangered
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Common names
  • Shaw's Agave
  • Century Plant
  • Maguey

Photo Gallery
Location: Baja California
Date: 2009-01-17
Location: Baja California
Date: 2015-09-10
Location: Baja California
Date: 2020-02-08
After two successive rounds of depupping, a new batch is ready
Location: Baja California
Date: 2019-01-30
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-26
Torrey Pines State Park
Location: Baja California
Date: 2017-03-26
Location: Baja California
Date: 2014-10-01
Location: Baja California
Date: 2005-04-30
Puerto Santo Tomás
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-12-26
Rooted cutting gone a little sideways
Location: Baja California
Date: 2020-05-19
Purple hue on rootless cutting just turning the corner
Location: Baja California
Date: 2011-10-03
Pale seeds are duds.  Insect visitors are not uncommon in agave f
Location: Baja California
Date: 2011-10-02
Previous season's fruit (stalk still green)
Location: Baja California
Date: 2004-11-06
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-26
Torrey Pines State Park
Comments:
  • Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Sep 29, 2018 9:04 PM concerning plant:
    This smaller, northern form of Shaw's Agave (Agave shawii) is restricted to the Pacific coast of northwestern Baja California, with a couple of populations in far southern California. Inflorescences are shorter than on the southern form, to about 6 feet. Both subspecies are quite variable and they intergrade where they meet near El Rosario. The southern ssp. goldmanniana extends south and goes inland from there.
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