Caudices somewhat branched apically, (cespitose), to 20 × 1.5-4 cm, axillary branches absent. Leaves: rosettes 12, in clumps, 20-30-leaved, 10-20 cm diam.; blade green, oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, 5-20 × 1.5-5 cm, 3-7 mm thick, base 2-4 cm wide, apex acute to subacuminate, surfaces sometimes farinose, not glaucous. Inflorescences: cyme mostly 3-branched, obpyramidal to cylindric; branches not twisted (flowers on topside), simple or 1-2 times bifurcate, (3-7 cm diam.); cincinni 1-3, 7-14-flowered, circinate, 3-7 cm; floral shoots 15-65 × 0.4-1.1 cm; leaves 15-50, spreading, triangular-ovate, 15-30 × 10-20 mm, apex acute. Pedicels erect, not bent in fruit, 2-4(-10) mm. Flowers: calyx 6-7 × 4-8 mm; petals connate 1.5-2 mm, red or bright yellow marked with red and thus appearing orange, 11-16 × 3.5-5 mm, apex acute, tips erect; pistils connivent, erect. Unripe follicles erect. 2n = 136, ca. 170, ca. 238.
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