Agave attenuata, commonly called the foxtail or lion's tail agave or the swan's neck agave, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae (the asparaguses, agaves and yuccas). Sometimes called the … 展开

The Latin specific epithet attenuata means "with a narrow point". 展开

In cultivation, Agave attenuata is said to prefer relatively moist loamy soil, although it can cope with poor soil and dry conditions. It should be protected from direct sunlight in summer and from long periods of frost. It is hardy down to USDA Zone 9b. 展开

Although particularly young or smaller plants can appear acaulescent, stems often mature to between 50 and 150 cm (20 and 59 in) in length, with older, desiccated leaves falling off and leaving the woody stems visible. The leaves are ovate-acuminate 展开

Specimens were sent to Kew Gardens by the explorer Galeotti in 1834 from an unspecified location in central Mexico. A more recent study has reported it from Jalisco, on the west coast and east of Mexico State, in small colonies at elevations between … 展开