Agave victoriae-reginae

Agave victoriae-reginae, commonly called Queen Victoria agave or royal agave, is a small succulent flowering perennial plant native to the Chihuahuan Desert of the Mexican states of Coahuila, Durango and Nuevo Leon. It forms compact rosettes about half a meter across, with short, rigid green leaves marked with distinctive white geometric streaks along their keels and margins, each leaf tipped with one to three spines 1.5 to 3 centimeters long, and it produces cream colored flowers on a flowering stalk up to four meters tall. About half a dozen subspecies are recognized, though hybridization with other agave species complicates the picture. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern, and it is listed under CITES Appendix II. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/