parrasana Agave parrasana, the cabbage head agave or cabbage head century plant,[3] is a flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae.

[4] A slow-growing evergreen succulent from North East Mexico, it produces a compact rosette of fleshy thorn-tipped grey-green leaves, 60 cm tall and wide.

[5] Occasionally, mature plants produce a spectacular flower head up to 6m tall, opening red and turning yellow.

As it can tolerate temperatures of −12 °C (10 °F) or less, it is a popular plant to grow outdoors in a sheltered cactus garden or similar environment, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

It is susceptible to scale and chlorosis resulting from magnesium deficiency.