Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore

A herb. It forms rings 45 cm across. It grows 50 cm tall. The leaves are short and thick and green with a pattern of white markings. There can be 1 to 3 spines at the ends of the leaves. The flowers are cream coloured and in erect stalks up to 4 m tall.

It is a tropical plant. It mostly grows on calcareous soils. It grows in deserts. It is growing in the glasshouse in Hobart Botanical Gardens.

The flowers and flowering stems are boiled or roasted and eaten.

Can be grown by seedlings.