Upright, polycarpic plant to 10 m tall, with trunk to 40 cm in diameter; pith 4–5 cm in diameter; stem bears densely packed leaf-rosettes of 25–80 leaves, without internode elongation; cloaked with marcescent foliage.. Infrequent reproduction yields sparsely branched, columnar plants that rarely exceed three reproductive cycles.. Leaf lamina lanceolate or cordate, to 65 cm long and 22 cm wide, with lower portion of leaf constricted to form a pseudo-petiole; hair cushion present on upper leaf-base, lanate along upper midvein, lower surface glabrous or tomentose, villose along lower midvein.. Inflorescence broadly paniculate to 180 cm tall, 80 cm wide; capitula pendulous.. Ray florets prominent or inconspicuous to absent; disc florets 100–380.
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