Asparagaceae

Dragon-tree agave

Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Agave

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Common names

By language (15)

Afrikaans: Leeustert
Arabic: أجاف أتنيواتا
arz: اجاف اتنيواتا
Bangla: সিংহলেজা
Bulgarian: Драконово дърво агаве
Chinese: 翠綠龍舌蘭, 翠绿龙舌兰, 初绿, 狐尾龙舌兰, 翡翠盘
Czech: Agáve ocasatá
English: Dragon-tree agave, Foxtail agave, Spineless agave, Swan's neck agave
Finnish: Tähkäagaave
frr: Swaanhals Agaaw
German: Drachenbaum-Agave
Hebrew: אגבה רכה
Indonesian: Siklok
Russian: Агава оттянутая
Ukrainian: Агава атенуата

Synonyms

Agave attenuata var. compacta Jacobi
Agave attenuata var. latifolia Salm-Dyck ex A.Terracc.
Agave attenuata var. paucibracteata Trel.
Agave attenuata var. subundulata Jacobi
Agave glaucescens Hook.
Ghiesbreghtia mollis Roezl

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced

Photos

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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.