The agave attenuata is a very common garden plant in South Africa. Whenever one is flowering in the neighbourhood, it normally makes it into the local papers. Its inflorencence is a 3 meter long raceme with hundreds of greenish-yellow flowers, which lasts for many weeks. The stem carrying the inflorescence dies off after flowering. Its commonly known as century plant or lion’s tail.
The plant is native to central Mexico and is reported to be rare in the wild. The first specimens were sent to Kew Botanical Garden in 1834.
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