Agave striata

Agave striata (striated-leaved) is a species of Agave.

Background
Flower brownish green outside, yellow inside, 1in. to 1 1/2in. long; pedicels very short; spike dense, 2ft. to 3ft. long; bracts linear, shorter than the flowers; scape 6ft. to 8ft. high, including the spike, furnished with numerous spreading subulate bracts, which are 2in. to 3in. long. leaves 150 to 200 in a dense rosette, linear-ensiform, 2ft. to 2 1/2ft. long, 1/4in. to 3/8in. broad above the deltoid dilated base, where they are 1/4in. thick and 1in. broad, narrowed gradually from the top of the base to the  point, rigid in texture, glaucous green; face rather keeled, and the back more so; point brown, pungent, 1/2in. long; edges minutely serrulate. Mexico, 1856.

Varieties/Subspecies
A. s. echinoides (Echinus-like). leaves about 6in. long, 1/8in. broad at the middle; face flat. Mexico, 1869. Dwarfer and stiffer in habit than the variety stricta.

A. s. recurva (recurved-leaved). leaves longer than in the type, 3ft. to 4ft., more or less falcate, narrower, and decidedly convex on both surfaces.

A. s. stricta (upright). leaves about 1ft. long, very stiff, 1/4in. broad at the middle, both faces convex. A. Richardsii comes near to this variety.