Species Details

Agave simplex

lonesome agave

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Scientific Name:
Agave simplex (Gentry) Salywon & W. C. Hodgs.
Common Name:
lonesome agave
Family: Agavaceae
Element Code: PMAGA01062
USDA Plants Symbol:
Synonyms/Other Names:
Lifeform: perennial leaf
Blooming Period: May-Jul
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Elevation:
320 - 1680 meters
1050 - 5510 feet
General Habitats:
  • Mojavean desert scrub
  • Pinyon and juniper woodland
  • Sonoran desert scrub
Microhabitat Details: desert mountains
Microhabitat:
  • Carbonate
  • Granitic
  • Rocky
  • Shale
  • Volcanic
Notes:
Field work needed to document historical occurrences, gather population data, assess site quality and threats, and search for new occurrences. May be more common than indicated by herbarium collections.
Threats:
Potentially threatened by inappropriate grazing.
Taxonomy:
Previously treated as a variety of A. deserti but morphologically and geographically distinct. Basal rosettes generally single, rarely with 1–3 offsets (vs. basal rosettes copiously suckering and forming large clumps in A. deserti). More closely related to A. mckelveyana (of Arizona) and A. subsimplex (of Sonora, Mexico).
Total Occurrences: 41
Element Occurrence Ranks:
A B C D X U
0 0 0 0 0 41
Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years 15
Recent <=20 Years 26
Presence:
Presumed Extant 41
Possibly Extirpated 0
Presumed Extirpated 0
California Endemic:
California Island:
States: Name (Code)
Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Nevada (NV), Sonora, Mexico (SO)
California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
San Bernardino (SBD)
Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Bighorn Basin (3411576), Chemehuevi Peak (3411455), Cima Dome (3511535), Fountain Peak (3411585), Horn Spring (3411427), Joshua (3511534), Mohawk Spring (3411447), Old Woman Statue (3411552), Van Winkle Spring (3411575), Whale Mtn. (3411465), Whipple Mts. SW (3411434), Whipple Wash (3411433)
Notes:
Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
* Presumed extirpated
(?) Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.
Presumed Extant
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CNPS Status Review: Proposed Addition to 2B.3, G4 / S2 (2023)
Original Description: Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, no. 130 (1978)
Revised Nomenclature: Phytoneuron 2019-219: 1–4 (2019)