Upright, polycarpic plant to 7 m tall, with trunk to 50 cm in diameter, pith to 8 cm in diameter; stem with densely packed leaf-rosettes of 50–100 leaves, with no internode elongation; cloaked with marcescent foliage.. Infrequent reproduction yields sparsely branched, columnar plants that rarely exceed three reproductive cycles.. Leaf lamina oblanceolate, to 82 cm long and 22 cm wide, upper leaf-base with long, yellowish trichomes, sometimes extending along upper midvein, lower surface glabrous or sparsely pubescent, villose along lower midvein.. Inflorescence paniculate to 250 cm tall, 120 cm in diameter; capitula pendulous.. Ray florets absent; disc florets 80–140.. Fig. 117 (page 556).
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