Agave gracilipes, common names Maguey de pastizal or slimfoot century plant, is a plant species native to western Texas, southern New Mexico and Chihuahua. It is found in grasslands, desert scrub and open pinyon-juniper woodlands at elevations of .Flora of North America vol 26 p 458.CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
Agave gracilipes is not as large as some other species in the genus. Leaves are up to long, across. Flowering stalks can be as high as tall, with yellowish flowers.Trelease, William. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22: 95, pl. 98–99. 1911.Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America i–xiv, 1–670. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
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