Agave

Of Agavaceae and desert plant.   May also be referred to as American aloe and century plant.

Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber.

This concept's ID is @1~62520

Genus Agave

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