Habit: Agave ackliniola grows as an acaulescent, semi succulent shrub. The leaves are arranged in a basal rosette producing new leaves from the center every year. The leaves are light grayish green, up to 1 meter in length and 15 cm in width, plicate. The leaf apex is modified into a stout, red brown, grooved spine. Leaf apical spine recurved, and the leaf margin is reddish with curved prickles 7-10 mm apart. Producing pups at the base.
The actinomorphic flowers are arranged in a terminal panicle to 5 meters in height. The calyx has 3 unfused green sepals. The corolla has 3 yellow, unfused petals. There are 6 unfused stamens. The superior ovary has 3 locules and numerous seeds. The fruit is a light brown capsule at maturity. The plant uses the entire apical meristem during flowering and will die off after the fruits become mature.
Habitat: Agave ackliniola grows in Dry Broadleaf Evergreen Formation – Shrublands on a sand substrate.
Distribution: Agave ackliniola is an endemic species known to occur in the southern central island groupings of the Lucayan Archipelago.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Agave ackliniola is not used medicinally in the Bahamas.