Stock Photo: Desert Agave (Agave Deserti) Flower Spike With Inflorescence Of Yellow Flowers : (Pix Sanjiv Shukla)
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Desert agave (Agave deserti), also known as century plant or maguey, is an agave native to desert regions in southern California, Arizona and Baja California. It forms a rosette of broad fleshy gray-green leaves with sharp spines along the edges and at the tips. It flowers at maturity (20 to 40 years), sending up an inflorescence 2–6 m tall. The panicle bears numerous yellow, funnel-shaped flowers.
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