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Plants 300-700 mm tall excluding inflorescence, stemless or with decumbent stems up to 1 m long; rarely with stem branched. Leaves 12-20, 300-500 x 70-200 mm, glaucous to somewhat reddish tinged, striate, not spotted, margins entire, horny, pale pink. Inflorescence up to ±1 m tall; racemes dense, conical to capi-tate; bracts deltoid-acute, 5-10 x 3-4 mm, ±5-nerved. Flowers coral-red, rarely yellow, 19-30 mm long; outer segments free for 4-8 mm, inner segments dorsally adnate to outer; pedicels 8-25 mm long. Anthers exserted up to 2 mm. Ovary 6.0-9.0 x 1.5-3.0 mm, pale green; style exserted up to 2 mm. Fruit 16-20 x 9-12 mm, grey-brown. Seeds ±3 x 2 x 1 mm, black with narrow brown wing.
Succulent, perennial herb; acaulescent or short-stemmed, up to 0.75 m high, with persistent dried leaves, rosettes usually solitary. Leaves glaucous to reddish tinged, with distinct or faint longitudinal striations, broadly lanceolate-attenuate, spreading-incurved, up to 0.5 m long, margins pale pink to almost red, spineless. Inflorescences 1-3, branched, lower branches rebranched, erect, up to 1 m high, with capitate to slightly conical, lax racemes. Flowers peach-red to coral-red, ± 30 mm long; stamens and stigma exserted. Flowering time Aug.-Oct.
Acaulescent or short-stemmed, succulent perennial to 75 cm, with persistent dried leaves; rosettes usually solitary. Leaves glaucous to reddish tinged, with distinct or faint longitudinal striations, broadly lanceolate-attenuate, spreading-incurved, to 50 cm long; margins pale pink to almost red, spineless. Racemes capitate to conical, lax, branched, to 1 m high. Flowers red, ± 30 mm long, with globose base; stamens and stigma exserted.
