Agave Americana
Description:
Native to Mexico. Large, loose open trunkless rosette of spreading, broad and thick-succulent, glaucous gray-green leaves 6-8 feet long, sharply bend downward above the middle, with sharp brown hooks at margins, and ending in a spiny point; yellowish flowers on a tall spike to 36 feet, produced when plant is 10 years old or much more. Once the Agave americana flowers it dies.