Agave americana flavored with the very pungent mezcal worm. "Mezcal" and "tequila", although also produced from agave plants, are different from "pulque" in their technique for extracting the sugars from the heart of the plant, and in that they are distilled spirits. In "mezcal" and "tequila" production, the sugars are extracted from the "piñas" (or hearts) by heating them in ovens, rather than by collecting "aguamiel" from the plant's cut stalk. Thus, if one were to distill "pulque", it would not be a form of "mezcal", but rather a different drink. Agave nectar is marketed as a natural form of sugar with
Agave margaritae to five mm long and .5 mm thick. The Species description was published in 1889 by Townshend Stith Brandegee. A synonym of this species is "Agave connochaetoden" Trel. "Agave margaritae" is a representative of the genus "Agave". It is under domiciled in Baja California Peninsula and differentiated through leaf and flower structure characteristics. The species is related to "Agave vizcainoensis". "Agave margaritae" is cultivated in Huntington Botanic Garden in San Marino, California. Agave margaritae Agave margaritae is a species of plant from the Agave genus. Its common name in English is "Magdalena Island Agave". The plant is endemic to Baja