Clark Mountain Agave (Agave utahensis var. nevadensis) is a succulent perennial with short, stout, upright, blue-green leaves that arise from a basal rosette and are well guarded on the edges and tips with spines. In the spring, some plants in a population send up a tall flower stalk that bears many yellow flowers. After a plant blooms, it dies.
Clark Mountain Agave are identified primarily by the medium-length apical spines, the medium-length marginal spines, and the brown to white color of the apical spines. Compare with other varieties of Utah Agave.
Clark Mountain Agave is a locally common species of rocky areas in the Mojave Desert in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland) life zone. This variety occurs in mountain ranges in California and Nevada; look for it in the Mojave National Preserve, the Spring Mountains, Gold Butte, and the mountain ranges between. |