Agave Salmiana

Agave Salmiana (Prince Salm-Dyck's) is a species of Agave.

Background
Flower greenish yellow, 4in. long; panicle thyrsoid, 6ft. to 8ft. long, with erecto-patent  branches and flowers in dense clusters; scape, exclusive of the panicle, 20ft. high. leaves twelve to thirty in a dense rosette, which is often 5ft. to 6ft. broad, oblanceolate-spathulate, 2ft. to 4ft. long, 4in. to 6in. broad above the middle, a dull, slightly glaucous green; face more or less concave; terminal spine 1 1/2in. to 2in. long, hard and pungent; side prickles 1/4in. long, chestnut brown, hooked up or down. Mexico, 1860. SYNS. A. atrovirens, A. Jacobiana, A. tehuacensis.

Varieties/Subspecies
A. S. latissima (very broad). leaves 2ft. to 3ft. long, by 8in. to 9in. broad above the middle.