Agave vivipara

Agave vivipara (viviparous) is a species of Agave.

Background
Flower greenish yellow, 1 1/2in. to 2in. long, often changed into bulbilæ, which bear lanceolate leaves 6in. long before they fall and take root; inflorescence reaching a height of 20ft. or more, the deltoid panicle about a quarter of the length of the scape; corymbs on stout peduncles, pedicels short. leaves twenty to fifty in a dense, shortly caulescent rosette, ensiform, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 1 1/2in. to 2in. broad at the middle, whence it gradually  narrows to the point, dull green when mature, thin but firm in  texture, flat or channelled down the face; terminal spine firm, brown, 1/2in. long; side teeth brown, hooked, 1 1/2in. or less long. A very widely spread species throughout tropics of the Old World, 1731. SYNS. A. cantula, A. bulbifera.