Agave Scolymus

Agave Scolymus (Scolymus) is a species of Agave.

Background
Flower greenish yellow, 2 1/2in. to 3in. long;  branches few, with the flowers at the end in very dense clusters; scape 14ft. to 16ft. high, including the thyrsoid panicle, which is 4ft. long and 2ft. broad, furnished with green bracts. leaves twenty to thirty in a dense rosette 1 1/2ft. to 3ft. broad, oblong-spathulate, 9in. to 18in. long, 3in. to 6in. broad above the middle, very glaucous, abruptly terminating in a pungent spine, 1in. or more long; side prickles chestnut brown, about 1/4in. long; edge wavy  between them; those on the lower half smaller and directed downwards. Mexico, 1830. Other so-called species referred to this are A. amæna, A. crenata, A. cucullata, A. Schnittspahni, and A. Verschaffeltii.

Varieties/Subspecies
A. S. Saundersii (Saunders'). flower about 1ft. long; teeth very large.