Plants caulescent; rosettes from woody, branched caudices and forming small colonies. Stems 5–21 dm. Leaves 65–220 per rosette; blade wiry, upright, or lax, 50–140 cm × 20–40 mm, rarely glaucous; bases broad, spoon-shaped, 5–16.5 cm wide; margins serrulate, not filiferous. Scape 4–17 dm, 26–90 mm diam. at base. Inflorescences compound paniculate, 9–18 × 20–130 cm; bracts persistent, 15–36 cm, papery; bractlets laciniate, to 10 mm, fragile. Flowers: tepals 2.5–5 mm; fertile stamens: filaments 3–4 mm, anthers 1.3–1.8 mm; infertile stamens: filaments 1–2.5 mm, anthers 0.4–0.5 mm; pedicel erect, proximal to joint 0.5–2 mm, distal to joint 1–2 mm. Capsules thin-walled, 9–13 × 8–11 mm, notched basally and apically. Seeds reddish brown, ovoid to oblong, bursting ovary wall, 3–4 ´ 2–3 mm. 2n = 38.
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