1 Thread Agave at Bendalong, NSW
Identification history
| Agave filifera | 10 Jun 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Doryanthes excelsa | 5 Feb 2023 | Tapirlord | ||
| Unverified | 5 Feb 2023 | trevorpreston |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
10 Jun 2025
This seems to be first record in Australia of Thread Agave as a naturalised plant - given its roadside location, I suspect it is a result of illegal dumping of garden waste
9 comments
trevorpreston
wrote:
6 Feb 2023
Then again maybe not an Agave, the filaments on the sides of the leaves reminded me of Agave filifera, but now I look more closely I'm not convinced. And I'm not sure what other species might have curly filaments on the sides of the leaves like that.
plants
wrote:
6 Feb 2023
I am cinvinced it is Agave filifera, havuign looked at several photographs of that sp.
Tapirlord
wrote:
6 Feb 2023
I don't believe Agave filifera hasn't been recorded in Australia before, but otherwise matches superficially.
trevorpreston
wrote:
6 Feb 2023
Does Doryanthes, or other other plant you can think of have those filaments on the sides of the leaves?
trevorpreston
wrote:
6 Feb 2023
This also looks like some photos on the internet I'm seeing of Yucca filimentosa. Most do not have the filaments but a few do.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
10 Jun 2025
Well not recorded as naturalised in Australia it is used in Australia as a garden succulent and can be readily obtained
Location information
- Coordinates 150.527934-35.252295
- Altitude 26.0m
- Places Bendalong, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Feb 2023 01:00 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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trevorpreston NatureMapr South Coast Cacti & Succulents Plants Significant Agave filifera
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Species information
- Agave filifera Scientific name
- Thread Agave Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- 26m Recorded at altitude
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