Agave desmettiana

Plants short-stemmed, commonly suckering, trunk less than 0.5 m; rosettes not cespitose, 7–9 × 7–9 dm. Leaves spreading and arching, 50–90 × 7–12 cm; blade green, not cross-zoned, linearlanceolate, firm, adaxially guttered, abaxially slightly convex; margins straight, finely and sparsely fibrous, typically unarmed, teeth single prickles when present, 1–2 mm, 1–2+ cm apart; apical spine dark brown, subulate, 2–3 cm. Scape 2.5–3 m. Inflorescences paniculate, compact, often bulbiferous; bracts persistent, triangular, 0.5–2 cm; lateral branches 20–36, ascending, comprising distal 1/2–2/3 of inflorescence, longer than 10 cm. Flowers 15–21 per cluster, erect, 4–6 cm; perianth pale yellow, tube salverform, 10–12 × 14–17 mm, limb lobes erect, equal, 13–15 mm; stamens long-exserted; filaments inserted near top of perianth tube, erect, yellow, 3–4 cm; anthers yellow, 13–26 mm; ovary 1.5–2.5 cm, neck not constricted, 1–3 mm. Capsules not seen. Seeds unknown. 2n = 60.

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