The Toumey’s Century Plant (Agave toumeyana) is a succulent flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family.
It is endemic to Arizona in North America.
It grows to 50 centimetres (20 inches) tall in rosettes of 40-70 yellowish-green leaves.
The flowering stalks reach 300 centimetres (10 feet) tall.
The leaves are about 45 centimetres (18 inches) long and 2.5 centimetres (one inch) wide. The leaves have curly, white fibres along the margins.
The Toumey’s Century Plant blooms in late spring to early summer.
The flowers are greenish-white.
Photographed in the Botanical Garden, Paris, March 2021.
Photographer: Martina Nicolls
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