Agave Mckelveyana.
Description.
Small, single or suckering, rather few-leaved rosettes 20-40 cm tall.
Leaves 20 to 35 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, linear or lanceolate and broadest in the middle, light glaucous green or yellowish green, firmly spreading, the margin nearly straight or undulate with low teats; spine 1.5 to 4.0 cm long, shortly decurrent, subulate, rounded except for shallow groove above at base, castaneous to gray; teeth small to medium, the larger at mid-blade 4-8 mm long, mostly 1 to 3 cm apart and downflexed, grayish with reddish tips, rather friable.
It's natural habitatis on rocky volcanic slopes between 900 and 1200 m elevations. in central part of western Arizona. Its habIt's habit of growing among shrubbery keeps it obscure.
