When an Agave plant becomes sufficiently mature, its rosette generates a striking flower stalk that emerges from the center ...

A copperplate engraving of an agave quiote, or flowering stalk, by German botanist Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm, published in 1816. Florilegius / Alamy Meanwhile, once-abundant wild agaves are ...

On the terraces just above San Onofre State Beach, you can usually see springtime monkey-flower blossoms in various shades of ...