Perennial herb, up to 0.1 m high, when in flower 0.07-0.23 m high. Leaves rosulate, lamina ovate to elliptic, 20-50 mm long, base cordate to cuneate, toothed, tooth bristles spreading, intertooth bristles inflexed; petioles typically not much longer than lamina. Flowering time Dec., Jan.
Like A. capensis but slender, to 20 cm, leaves toothed, tooth bristles spreading, intertooth bristles incurved.