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Century Plant

Environmental Weed
Botanical name: Agave americana

Century Plant   Century Plant
Source: "Weeds" Auld & Medd                                        Photo: Ku-ring-gai Council

Description

Probably originating in Mexico, the Century Plant is a perennial plant with a basal rosette of fleshy leaves up to 2m long with long spines along the margins. Flowes are yellow and tubular in a candelabra arrangement.

Control

Chemical: Please contact your local control authority for advice on chemical control.

Information and images reproduced with the kind permission of the Sydney Weeds Committees.