| Scientific Name: | Agave filifera |
| Common Name: | threadleaf agave |
| Family Name: | Asparagaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Indoor plant, Small garden/space |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Leathery, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Linear, Spinose |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Green-yellow, Pink, Dark-red, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, lance-shaped, up to 25cm long with white threads and a terminal spine. | |