Upright, polycarpic plant to 9 m tall, with trunk to 50 cm in diameter; pith to 2 cm in diameter; stem with densely packed leaf-rosettes of 10–30 leaves, with no internode elongation; covered with retained leaf-bases for 1–3 m below the leaf-rosettes.. Frequent reproduction yields densely branched, spreading plants that regularly attain five or more reproductive cycles.. Leaf lamina oblanceolate, to 67 cm long and 26 cm wide, hair cushion present or absent on upper leaf-base, lower surface glabrous or sparsely pubescent to densely lanate, villose along lower midvein.. Inflorescence narrowly pyramidal to 100 cm tall, 40 cm in diameter; capitula pendulous or presented horizontally.. Ray florets 9–14, to 22 mm long; disc florets 35–120.
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