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Common name
PapaloteScientific name
Agave cupreataDescription
Agave cupreata opens into a broad rosette that can look like wings caught mid-flap, with warm, copper-leaning spines.Size
1-2 ft (0.30-0.61 m)States
Guerrero; MichoacánGeo region
Río Balsas basinTerrain
Rocky slopes in oak forest and tropical dry forest; also persists in open pasture and mixed oak dry forestMezcal use
Flagship wild mezcal agave of Guerrero and Michoacán