Perennial herb. Stems several to many, short. Leaves somewhat spreading, nervose when dry, 0.9-1.5 m long, 20-30 mm wide, V-shaped in cross section, margins and keel sparsely to distinctly serrulate. Inflorescence overtopping leaves, 1.0-1.8 m high, with subcylindric, dense raceme. Flowers orange to reddish orange and erect in bud, yellow and spreading to pendulous when mature, 24-30 mm long. Flowering time Nov.-Apr.