N20150211-0006—Agave shawii —RPBG

Agave shawii blooming in Regional Parks Botanic Garden Desert Section. Two stalks surround a dying stalk that bloomed two years ago. Agave shawii is quite common in Baja California but barely reaches across the border into California. It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 2.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere). The Regional Parks Botanic Garden is located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA

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