Agave parryi (Parry's Agave) is a slow-growing succulent that forms attractive, symmetrical rosettes of blue-gray to gray-green leaves …
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Epithet: parryi
Derivation: Honors Charles Christopher Parry (1823-1890), a British-born American botanist, plant collector, and mountaineer.
Pronunciation: PAIR-ree-eye
While the generic name must be unique, two or more genera often share the same specific epithet. Moreover, the same epithet can be used for subspecies, varieties, and forms within a species. Here is a list of plants that share this epithet.
Agave parryi var. huachucensis (Huachuca Agave) is a succulent that forms compact, freely-suckering rosettes of broad, rigid, glaucous …