Agave impressa seeds grow into the impressed agave — a compact, ornamental agave native to the arid biome of Sinaloa and adjacent Sonora, Mexico, growing on rocky hillsides and in dry thorn forest. The epithet impressa means 'impressed' (from Latin impressus), referring to the impressed (sunken) surface markings or bud-printing patterns on the leaves — giving the leaf surface a distinctive impressed or stamped texture. Compact rosette. Monocarpic. Family Asparagaceae.Full sun; very well-drained, rocky soils; drought-tolerant; warm to hot arid conditions. 'Impressa' = impressed (sunken/impressed surface markings on leaves — diagnostic ornamental character); Sinaloa-Sonora Compact rosette; distinctive impressed leaf surface markings; Sinaloa-Sonora dry thorn forest; monocarpic Sinaloa and adjacent Sonora, Mexico — arid biome; rocky hillsides and dry thorn forest Genus Agave: ~200 species; Americas; Family Asparagaceae (Agavoideae); Order Asparagales Full sun; well-drained rocky soils; drought-tolerant; warm to hot arid; monocarpic; Family Asparagaceae Agave impressa — the impressed agave — is named for the distinctive impressed (sunken) surface markings on its leaves; a compact ornamental collector's agave from the rocky hillsides of Sinaloa.IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.