Pronunciation: ag-AH-vee yoo-taw-EN-sis
Common name: Utah or pygmy agave
Family: Agavaceae (Agave)
Habitat: Dry stony slopes, 3000'-5000', shadscale
scrub, joshua tree woodland, east Mojave Desert
mountains
Blooming period: May to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Agave
2) utahensis
Two vars. (eborispina and nevadensis) in SoCal