Plants stemless, 100-150 mm tall excluding inflorescence, suckering to form dense clumps. Leaves 76-102 cm a rosette, lanceolate-deltoid, 40-100 (120-150 in A. brevifolia var. depressa) x 20-50 (-60 in A. brevifolia var. depressa) mm, blue-grey, upper surface flat to slightly convex, lower surface convex with few soft prickles, margins dentate. Inflorescence a simple subdense, cylindricconical raceme; peduncle 400-500(-650) mm long, with sterile bracts; bracts ovate-acute, 13-16 x 5-7 mm, 5-many-nerved. Flowers scarlet-pink, 25-40 mm long, cylindric-trigonous; all segments free; pedicels 10-15(-20) mm long. Anthers exserted 1-4 mm. Ovary ±5.0-7.0 x 2.5 mm, green; style exserted 5-10 mm. Fruit ±18(-23) x 7(-9) mm, grey.
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