Plants acaulescent, 1.5-7 cm diam., freely suckering from the stoloniferous roots. Leaves 10-15, the young erect spreading, the old ascending, spreading, firm, up to 5 cm long, up to 3 cm broad at the base, up to 3 mm thick, dark green to grey-green; upper surface hat to a little concave,-glabrous, shining or not shining, mostly transparent with a number of longitudinal tessellately branched veins; lower surface strongly rounded, irregularly rough with small or large sharp tubercles; keel 1, in the upper third, rough with small tubercles; margins acute, with sharp curved teeth or tubercles or smooth. Inflorescence up to 50 cm tall; peduncle simple, about 2 mm diam., about 34 cm long, bracteate; sterile bracts membranous, ovate, acuminate, about 8 mm long, erect, keeled; raceme about 15 cm long, lax, with about 14 flowers and buds, 2-4 open simultaneously; floral bracts membranous, about 3 mm long, deltoid, acute, keeled with fine brown veins, clasping the pedicels, (shorter than the pedicels); pedicels up to 5 mm long, 2 mm diam., green, erect; perianth greenish-white with more or less dirty green keels to the segments, up to 20 mm long, compressed at base, funnel-shaped, tube more or less 4 mm across constricted to 3 mm above; segments free to the base; limb 2 lipped; posterior segments with lobes free, recurved, spreading, white with green veins; exterior part recurved, spreading, outer segments replicate, with green veins; stamens 6 of two 11 and 12 mm long, inserted within the perianth tube; ovary 6 mm long, 2 mm diam.; style 4 mm long, green, not capitate.
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Plants acaulescent, 15-70 mm in diam; roots stoloniferous, freely suckering. Leaves 10-15, spreading, firm, ovate, up to 50 x 30 mm, up to 3 mm thick; dark green to grey-green; upper surface slightly concave, glabrous, mostly transparent with longitudinal, tessellately branched veins; lower surface strongly rounded with small or large sharp tubercles, apex acuminate with sharp point. Inflorescence up to 500 mm long, raceme ± 14-flowered. Flowers greenish white, funnel-shaped, segments up to 20 mm long. Flowering time Sept. through Oct.
Succulent, perennial herb; acaulescent, 15-70 mm in diameter, freely suckering from stoloniferous roots. Leaves spreading; blade tough, triangular, dark green to grey-green, with many longitudinally tessellately branched veins on upper surface; margins and keel with firm, triangular spines. Flowers: inflorescence simple or sparsely branched, lax, erect; perianth bilabiate, straight, < 15 mm long, segments fused, greenish white with ± dirty green keels; Sep.-Dec.
Succulent, perennial herb. Acaulescent, 15-70 mm in diameter, freely suckering from stoloniferous roots. Leaves firm, up to 50 x 30 mm, up to 3 mm thick, dark green to grey-green; upper leaf surface mostly transparent, with a number of longitudinally tessellately branched veins. Inflorescence up to 0.5 m tall. Perianth greenish white with ± dirty green keels to segments, up to 20 mm long.
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