Smallish porcupine agave (rosettes usually 10-18 inches) from the same group as striata and stricta. Many narrow green, bluish green, or gray leaves at maturity. Leaves are wider than striata or stricta (except striata var. falcata) but the overall habit and polycarpic lifestyle are quite similar. Found in the western Mexican states of Sinaloa and Jalisco at 1600-1700m altitude in the Sierra Madre Occidental.

In the 2003 description of this species, it was compared to A. dasyliriodes and A. petrophila, the two most similar members of the group. It is different from dasyliriodes in its habit (multiheaded, not solitary) and leaf shape (shorter and much narrower) as well as floral/fruit features and origin. It differs from petrophila in leaf shape (often wider), floral tube size (longer) and tepal length (shorter), as well as origin and substrate. In habitat it flowers in the winter and fruits from spring to late summer.

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