Plant tufted. Leaves concavo-convex or channelled, 25-75 cm long, 0.5-2.5 mm wide; apex 2-or 3-toothed, lateral teeth usually longest; sheath margins lacerated, dark reddish brown. Male inflorescence ⅓ to nearly as long as leaves, branched; branches opposite or whorled; scape usually 2-3 times as long as rachis, flattened; flower clusters whorled. Female inflorescence often unbranched, the scape longer in relation to rachis, otherwise similar to male inflorescence. Cluster bracts conspicuous, pointed, slightly to much longer than flowers, reddish or golden brown on margins; bract and inner bract golden brown. Flowers as in Lomandra longifolia .