Best known in horticulture as Agave angustifolia var. marginata hort. ex Gentry (Accepted Scientific Name: Agave angustifolia Haw. ), this is a very elegant, small-medium sized Agave with a dense round rosette of leaves borne from a very short trunk. It forms clumps and grows up to 1m tall.
The leaves vary considerably in length depending on growing condition, but can reach up to 80 cm. They are stiff, sword-shaped, concave and revolute or plicate, blue or blue-greenish 5-10 cm wide at their widest point and have a distinct narrowing in their lower third and are furnished with thin marginal teeth and a subulate-conical terminal spine. Leaves have marginal bands of bright white, with occasional cream stripes to the inside.Genus name comes from from Ancient Greek Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ, “Agave”), from ἀγαυός (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).
Agave angustifolia var. marginata
Agave angustifolia var. marginata is ca. 90 cm tall and comes in a ø 30cm pot.
