#unique rosettes
- Agave stricta — A species of perennial succulent plant endemic to the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca, belonging to the Asparagaceae family. It is recognized by its unique, extremely dense, and symmetrical spherical rosette, composed of hundreds of narrow, linear, rigid, and sharp light green or glaucous needle-like leaves. Unlike most species in its genus, this plant is partially polycarpic, meaning the rosette does not always die after flowering, but can continue to grow and branch, forming massive, rounded, cushion-like colonies.