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Perianth salmon-pink, greenish-tipped, c. 35 mm long and 6 mm in diameter across the ovary, cylindric-trigonous, narrowing toward the mouth, base tapering into the pedicel; outer segments free to the base with tips slightly spreading.
Inflorescences 1–3 from each rosette, simple, erect to c. 50 cm high, or up to 85 cm when protected from fire; peduncle with sterile papery bracts on the upper two-thirds, 1.5–5 cm apart.
Raceme 15–20 × 8 cm, cylindric, ± laxly flowered, with overlapping bracts in bud; bracts c. 20 × 11 mm, ovate-acuminate, brown-papery; pedicels c. 3 cm long, elongating to 5 cm in fruit.
Perennial herb, solitary, or suckering to produce a cluster of up to 4 stems.
Capsule stipitate for 2.5 mm, 3 × 1.3 cm, oblong-ovoid, reddish-brown.
Seeds 2.5 × 4.5 mm, blackish-brown with brown wings.
Stems to 10 cm long and up to 4 cm thick.
Stamens and stigma scarcely exserted.
