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Agave chrysantha

The golden-flowered agave of central Arizona: a mid-sized grey-green rosette with tall golden-yellow flower spikes. It comes from rocky upland desert grassland and chaparral and is one of the more cold-hardy agaves, wanting full sun, hard winters with dry soil, and a summer monsoon.

Agave chrysantha
Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows on rocky slopes in desert grassland, chaparral and the upper Sonoran desert, often among boulders on the edge of the Mogollon Rim.

Records span 436–2246 m, median 1279 m.

Arizona

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.