Agave Maximiliana

Agave Maximiliana (Maximilian's) is a species of Agave.

Background
Flower unknown. leaves about twenty in a sessile rosette, oblanceolate-spathulate, 1 1/2ft, to 2ft. long, 1 3/4in. to 3in. broad; face slightly glaucous green; terminal spine pungent, brown, 1in. broad; side prickles bright chestnut brown, larger and more irregular than in A. americana, more hooked, and furnished with longer and sharper points, reaching 1/4in. long. Mexico. A very distinct species.

Varieties/Subspecies
A. m. katharinae

A. m. maximiliana