How to sign: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Similiar / Same: agave, American aloe
Categories: desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant
Within this category: Agave tequilana, American agave, bear grass, dracaena, maguey, maguey, sansevieria, sisal