Agave × arizonica is a rare plant, endemic to Arizona.Hodgson, W. C. 1999. Vascular plants of Arizona: Agavaceae. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 32: 1–21. It is a hybrid between two species of Agave in the family Asparagaceae, A. chrysantha and A. toumeyana var. bella. It was discovered in the 1960s near a summit of the New River Mountains, near the Maricopa-Yavapai county line north of Phoenix, Arizona.TropicosGentry, Howard Scott. & Weber, John Henry. Cactus and Succulent Journal 42: 223, f. 1–2. 1970.Agaves of Continental North America, Howard Scott Gentry, Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 1982
Agave × arizonica is a small plant about 30 cm high and 40 cm broad. Although similar to Agave utahensis, it has distinct differences in suckering more sparingly, in not forming a large dense clump, having leaves with a distinct dark brown margin and also more cylindrical flowers. Its flowers are yellow, with 10-20 per cluster, each up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) long.Flora of North America v 26.Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America. Tucson.
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