This Agave was named after the village of Nizanda where it was first discovered in 1951. It is one of the smallest agaves, its soft and fleshy leaves have an attractive central stripe, the leaves look more like aloe than agave but is an agave, and although quite rare, it is well worth looking for. A great Agave for little nooks in the a coastal succulent garden and great as a container plant. This beautiful healthy plant is easy to keep but hard to find, Don't miss this one ,The showing pot is 4", the plant you'll received will be same size and shape of the plant that you see in picture. The plant will shipping bare root, We have a lot of extremely rare cactus if you want something rare let me know and I will listing for you. Questions? feel free to email me. NOTE: This is a very nice choice for a succulents gardens