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title: "Does anyone know what type this is? Google is telling me foxtail…"
description: "Does anyone know what type this is? Google is telling me foxtail agave but I’m not sure."
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community: "Plant Identification"
author: "Emma"
published: "2025-03-08T19:29:36.745199Z"
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# Does anyone know what type this is? Google is telling me foxtail…

_Posted by Emma on 2025-03-08_

Does anyone know what type this is? Google is telling me foxtail agave but I’m not sure.

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## 9 comments

### Samantha commented on 2025-03-08

It does look a lot like foxtail agave.

#### Emma replied on 2025-03-08

I’m just confused because it says it needs full sun but this one has been doing great with almost no light

### JW commented on 2025-03-08

How fast has it been growing because with agave they usually do fine in low light and just grow super slow

#### Emma replied on 2025-03-08

It honestly hasn’t grown much so that makes sense, thank you!

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-03-08

Mmmm are you sure this isn't a sansevieria plantlet? The leaves texture dont look right for agave to me. That would explain the low light being fine. Certain types like black dragon and jade star start out light colored and darken up. The darkening can take longer if it's only given low light.

#### Emma replied on 2025-03-08

My dad has a more mature one than mine and it definitely isn’t a sansevieria but thanks for trying to figure it out!

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-03-08

A more mature what? Of the plant here? I think most people are used to the upright sansevieria, but there are other star shaped species that look like this

#### Emma replied on 2025-03-09

You know what, I just looked at some and you might be right!

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-03-09

They are so different from the traditional right? I'd never seen them till the nursery here started carrying a bunch of different kinds

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