Walking home from gathering at Blue Song and spot this plant beside a stone fence. Hard to believe we haven’t noticed it before as it’s on a route we take frequently and can scarcely have sprung up yesterday. Not exactly tiny or unobtrusive and really rather odd looking.
My iPad identifier says foxtail agave, formally agave attenuata. Family asparagaceae. Not one of the more attractive family members - and there are plenty of lovely delicate flowers in the family - and not a food source either. Don’t wish to call it spineless within its hearing - though it is - and not very pretty either. Sometimes known as the swan’s neck agave, but a bit of an ugly duckling.
Drought resistant though, which would be useful here most of the year, though not particularly over the last week. Guess we all have our virtues.
