Agave Hookeri

Agave Hookeri (Hooker's) is a species of Agave.

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Flower large, yellow, very numerous, in stalked panicled cymes. leaves thirty to forty in a sessile rosette, 8ft. or 9ft. in diameter, oblanceolate-spathulate, bright green on the face, rather glaucous on the back, 4ft. to 5ft. long, 5in. to 9in. broad, 2in. to 3in. thick; terminal spine 2in. long, and decurrent for  nearly half a foot; face flattish or slightly concave; side prickles irregular, brown and horny, about 1/4in. long, and curved in different directions. Mexico. SYN. A. Fenzliana. A rare and noble species, very massive.