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Leaves laxly crowded at the stem apices, spreading and recurved; lamina 30–50 cm long, 2.5–4 cm wide toward the base, lanceolate-attenuate, dark glossy green with numerous elongated whitish spots on both surfaces; margin with pale cartilaginous deltoid teeth 1–1.5 mm long and 5–10 mm apart.
Inflorescence to 1–2 m long; peduncle slender, weak and supported by surrounding vegetation, 5–9-branched at the uppermost 30–50 cm; branches obliquely spreading, widely spaced, subtended by deltoid scarious many-nerved bracts c. 12 × 12 mm.
Perianth salmon-pink striped greenish longitudinally, green-tipped in bud, 25–30 mm long, c. 6 mm in diameter across the ovary, tapering slightly at the base, cylindric-trigonous; outer segments free for ± one-quarter with spreading tips.
Racemes 5–15 × 5 cm, cylindrical, very laxly flowered; bracts 4–6 × 4 mm, ovate, papery, whitish with darker nerves; pedicels 7–10 mm long.
Perennial herb, solitary or suckering to form large groups of plants.
Stamens and stigma exserted c. 6 mm.
Stems to 20 cm long, decumbent.
Capsule and seeds not seen.
