Yellow Spine Succulent

This modest-sized leaf succulent grows up to 35 feet (10.7 meters) tall. The tapering stem is brown, and is covered in copious amounts of rigid cream spines. The wavy-edged, finger-like leaves are green on the sides and brilliant yellow at the center. Handfuls of them grow from the base like blades of grass. The leaves are resistant, but take some effort to detach.

It is very slow growing, taking 35 years to reach maturity. Once mature, and only under the right conditions, a single flower with white petals that gradient shift to deep red on the outer edge. The central disk is silver grows at the top, reappearing after 10 years, but only when the conditions are right again. The flower head is shaped like a bowl with 35 widely spaced, narrow petals. It has a weak scent that smells like skunk spray.

The leaf succulent's skin is tough, the violet flesh is waxy, and the gold sap is thin.