Gentry (1982) cites a report that this species originally was from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, but mostly it is found in cultivation in the southern United States. This is the “Phoenix form,” and the plants have weak teeth along the margins, as opposed to the generally perceived normal form, which does not have teeth along the leaves. This is one of the largest of the Agaves, with a main rosette of gracefully arching blue-green leaves and proliferous offsets around the base. The inflorescence is extremely tall – several of our plants recently bloomed to produce spikes 25-30 feet tall! These plants are rooted offsets in one-gallon pots.