Agave foetida Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 323. 1753; Furcraea gigantea Ventenat

Leaves lanceolate, to 2.4 m × 20 cm, thick, firm, smooth or striate; margins hard and smooth, usually entire at least in distal half. Flowers 4–5 cm; tepals greenish white, 2.3–3 cm; ovary 1.2–1.5 cm. 2n = 60.

Flowering fall--mid winter. Old homesteads in disturbed areas; 0 m; introduced; Fla.; Central America; West Indies; widely introduced elsewhere.

Specimens from Florida referred to in the literature as Furcraea cabuya Trelease with entire leaf margins (var. integra Trelease) probably belong here.