Asparagaceae
American aloe
Agave americana
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Agave
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Common names
By language (52)
- aeb
- صبّارة
- Afrikaans
- Honderdjaaraalwyn
- Arabic
- أغاف أمريكي, الصبر الأمريكي, صبارة
- Armenian
- Ամերիկյան ագավա, Ագավի ամերիկյան, Զարմունի, Հարյուրամյա հալվե, Շքուռ, Պերճածաղիկ
- arz
- اغاف امريكى
- Asturian
- Agave
- Azerbaijani
- Amerika aqavası
- Bangla
- আগাভা আমেরিকানা
- Bulgarian
- Американско агаве
- Cantonese
- 龍舌蘭
- Catalan
- Atzavara, Atzavares, Maguei, Pitera
- Chinese
- 龍舌蘭, 龙舌兰, 金边龙舌兰, 美洲龙舌兰
- Czech
- Agáve obecná, Agáve americká
- Dutch
- Honderdjarige aloë, 100-jarige aloë
- English
- American aloe, American century plant, Century plant, Agave, Maguey, Yellow agave
- Finnish
- Jättiagaave
- French
- Agave d'Amérique, Choka bleu, Maguey
- Galician
- Agave
- Hebrew
- אגבה אמריקאית
- hsb
- Ameriska agawa
- Hungarian
- Közönséges agávé, Amerikai agávé
- Italian
- Maguey
- Japanese
- アオノリュウゼツラン
- Kazakh
- Америка агавасы
- Korean
- 용설란
- Kyrgyz
- Агава
- lad
- Ashavara
- Latvian
- Amerikas agave
- Lithuanian
- Amerikinė agava
- Malayalam
- ആനക്കൈത
- Marathi
- घायपात
- nah
- Teōmetl, Teometl
- Nepali
- केतुके, हात्तीबार
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Amerika-agave
- Persian
- آگاو برگخنجری
- Polish
- Agawa amerykańska
- Portuguese
- Maguey
- Quechua
- Paqpa, Pita
- Russian
- Агава американская
- Scottish Gaelic
- Àlas ceud bliadhna
- sg
- Ndûnda
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၵဵင်ဢႃႇဝ, မၢၵ်ႇၵဵင်သၢင်းၽေႃး
- Slovenian
- Ameriška agava
- Spanish
- Pita, Acibara, Acíbara, Alcibara, Alcibaron, Alcibarón, Alzabara, Arzabara
- Swedish
- Agave, Aga've
- Tamil
- ஆனைக் கற்றாழை, யானைக் கற்றாழை, ரயில் கற்றாழை
- Telugu
- అమెరికా కలబంద
- Turkish
- Sabırağacı, Amerikan agavı, Sabırlık
- Ukrainian
- Агава американська, Американська агава
- Urdu
- امریکی صبر
- Vietnamese
- Thùa, Dứa mỹ
- Welsh
- Blodyn canmlwydd
Synonyms
- Agave americana f. virginica Voss
- Agave americana var. variegata Hook.
- Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelm. ex Trel.
- Agave ramosa Moench
- Agave salmiana var. gracilispina Rol.-Goss.
- Agave spectabilis Salisb.
- Agave variegata Steud.
- Agave virginica Mill.
- Aloe americana (L.) Crantz
Flowers
- In flower
- January, April, June to August (from 284 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kolforn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.Carlos MI, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: PROPOLI87, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Simone Benini, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ブルースパイダー, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.