Origin and Habitat: Garden origin (probably Japan)

• Agave filifera subs. schidigera cv. Shira Ito No Hoi
• Agave filifera f. compacta marginata
• Agave schidigera cv. Shira Ito No Hoi

• Agave filifera Salm-Dyck
• Agave filamentosa Salm-Dyck
• Agave filamentosa var. filamentosa Baker
• Agave filifera var. filamentosa (Salm-Dyck) Baker
• Bonapartea filamentosa (Salm-Dyck) Boucen.
• Agave filifera var. candida superba hort. ex Besaucèle
• Agave filifera var. immaculata hort. ex Besaucèle
• Agave filifera var. longifolia hort. ex Besaucèle
• Agave filifera var. mediopicta hort. ex Besaucèle
• Agave filifera var. splendens hort. ex Besaucèle
• Agave filifera var. viridis hort. ex Besaucèle
• Agave pseudopilifera

• Agave filifera subs. microceps Kimnach
• Agave microceps (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro
• Agave filifera var. compacta Trel.

• Agave filifera subs. multifilifera (Gentry) B.Ullrich
• Agave multifilifera Gentry

• Agave filifera subs. schidigera (Lem.) B.Ullrich
• Agave filifera var. schidigera (Lem.) A.Terracc.
• Agave schidigera Lem.
• Littaea roezlii Roezl
• Agave discreptata J.R.Drumm.
• Agave filifera var. adornata Scheidw.
• Agave filifera var. pannosa K.Koch
• Agave perplexans Trel. in L.H.Bailey
• Agave schidigera var. angustifolia Lem.
• Agave schidigera var. ignescens Lem.
• Agave schidigera var. plumosa Lem.
• Agave taylorii hort. ex Besaucèle
• Agave schidigera var. taylorii (Besaucèle) H.Jacobsen
• Agave vestita S.Watson
• Agave wrightii J.R.Drumm.

• Agave filifera subs. schidigera f. compacta hort.
• Agave schidigera f. compacta hort.

• Agave filifera subs. schidigera cv. Shira Ito No Hoi
• Agave filifera f. compacta marginata
• Agave schidigera cv. Shira Ito No Hoi

Description: This is a slow-growing (non-offsetting) century plant with a compact, symmetrical, solitary rosette up to 30 cm tall by 25-45 cm wide.
Leaves: Dark green with a sharp reddish terminal spine and margins highlighted with a strong creamy-white variegation and curly white hairs.
Flower: When plant matures it can produce red-purple buds and greenish flowers on a 3 m tall spike.
Remarks: Agave schidigeraSN|10450]]SN|556]] differs from Agave filiferaSN|10450]]SN|10450]] by being solitary, typically having longer more flexible leaves that are not thickened toward the base and larger flowers. This plant has been in cultivation for years as Agave filiferaSN|556]]SN|10450]] f. compacta marginata.

Cultivation and Propagation: It is an excellent plant suited to north parts (avoid strong direct sunlight).
It works well with other succulents or even tropical plant material. It is well suited for a container inside or a sheltered warm spot outdoors. Although it survives in poor soils and can tolerate full sun to to full shade, it does best in rich but well-drained soil mix ( 2 parts peat moss to 1 part loam to 1 part of pumice) with filtered sun exposures. The plant is drought tolerant but does better with ample moisture and grows quickly if kept well watered and nourished (Slow release fertilizer applied once or twice a year is usually sufficient). During the winter months, one should only water enough to keep the leaves from shrivelling. Plants cultivated outdoors are more drought tolerant. Protect from snails which can also disfigure the plant.
Propagation: By removing suckers (seldom available) produced at the base of older plants or by micropropagation.