This agave is highly variable in form, but in general the rosettes are small and compact, growing to 0.5m, composed of short, rigid, thick leaves that are green with a pattern of distinctive white markings.

The markings are generally along leaf keels or margins, giving a sort of polyhedral appearance.

Marginal teeth are usually lacking, while the terminus of the leaf may include 1 to 3 spines, each 1.5–3 cm in length.

A. victoriae-reginae is found in the Chihuahuan Desert in the Mexican States of Coahuila, Durango and Nuevo León, with about a half-dozen subspecies named.

[6] When grown as a houseplant, it is best planted in a very porous, sandy soil and given direct sunlight or bright shade.