Schott agave

Leaves 0.7–1.2 cm wide; blade yellowish green with conspicous bud-prints on both surfaces, margins filiferous, apical spine grayish, weak and brittle, 0.8–1.2 cm. Scape 1.6–2.5 m. Inflorescences spicate; peduncle shorter than 2 mm. Flowers 1 or 2–3 per cluster, 2.9–4.2 cm; perianth tube 8–11 (–14) × 5–8 mm, limb lobes light yellow; filaments inserted 6–13 mm above perianth base; ovary 0.8–1.5 cm. 2n = 60, 120.

Flowering late spring--late summer. Gravelly to rocky places, mostly in desert scrub, grasslands, juniper and oak woodlands; 900--2000 m; Ariz., N.Mex.; Mexico (Sonora).

Agave schottii var. schottii hybridizes with A. deserti var. simplex, A. chrysantha, and possibly A. palmeri or A. parryi var. parryi.