Agave vivipara L.

Plants large, freely suckering. Rosettes 1–1.5 m high, 1.5–3 m wide. Leaves linear to lanceolate, 60–120 cm long, 3.5–10 cm wide, light green to glaucous-grey; margin toothed, teeth 2–5 mm long, 10–20 mm apart, reddish brown; terminal spine conical to subulate, 1.5–3.5 cm long, dark brown. Inflorescence 3–5 m high; scape with narrowly triangular bracts; panicle with 10–20 umbellate branches in upper ⅓ of scape. Flowers 5–6.5 cm long, shortly pedicellate, greenish yellow. Perianth tube 8–16 mm long, funnel-shaped to slightly urceolate; sepals and petals unequal, 18–24 mm long, obtuse, cucullate at apex. Filaments 35–45 mm long; anthers 20–30 mm long. Ovary 20–30 mm long. Capsule broadly ovoid, c. 5 cm long, raggedly beaked. Seeds 9–12 mm long, 7–8 mm wide, dull black.

It grows well in the tropics. It suits hardiness zones 9-11. It suits semiarid to seasonally moist and dry climates. It grows well on a gritty, well drained soil. It can grow in full sun or light shade. In Brisbane Botanical Gardens. (As Agave vivipara)

Cultivated as an ornamental.

It can be grown from cuttings or suckers. It can also be grown from seed.