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Updated 4/8/2013

Family Asparagaceae 

HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Agave americana var. marginata

Makapu'u lookout, Oahu

VARIEGATED CENTURY PLANT or MAGUEY

Cultivated or garden escapes in dry areas.  Leaves with tendency to curl, blue-green with yellow margins, edge with stout prickles.  Flowers then dies in about 10 years.  Cultivated to produce fiber or as ornamentals.  Native to Mexico.  Also known as Agave americana var. variegata.