Agave coccinea

Agave coccinea (scarlet) is a species of Agave.

Background
Flower unknown. leaves twenty to thirty in a dense rosette, oblanceolate-spathulate, 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. long, 4in. to 6in. broad two-thirds of the way up, narrowed to 3in. above the dilated base, where it is 1in. to 1 1/4in. thick, deep heavy green; terminal spine 1 1/2in. or more in length, red; side prickles irregular, deltoid, unequal, nearly straight. 1/6in. to 1/4in. long, red. Mexico, 1859.