Asparagaceae

Century plant

Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Agave

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Century plant: Agave xylonacantha at the University of California Botanical Garden , Berkeley, California — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 木刺龙舌兰
English: Century plant

Synonyms

Agave amurensis Jacobi
Agave carchariodonta Pamp.
Agave heteracantha var. splendens (Jacobi) A.Terracc.
Agave hybrida J.Verschaff.
Agave kochii Jacobi
Agave perbella Baker
Agave splendens Jacobi
Agave univittata var. carchariodonta (Pamp.) Breitung
Agave vanderdonckii Baker

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oscar Israel Rodríguez Ortiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rosario Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, 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.