Leaning Century Plant

Leaning Century Plant
Originally uploaded by topazcat

This century plant is located on the corner of Stockton and Oak Streets in Riverside, but don't go looking for it, just a day or so after this picture was taken the "sprout" was cut back drastically.

Wikipedia says that the plant lives about 25 years, then blooms and dies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maguey