Trunk to 2 m long; stem usually simple; crown usually 1; young leaves in ±stiffly erect tuft; older leaves often strongly reflexed. Leaves quadrate-rhombic in T.S., 1.8-2.5 mm wide, 1.5-2.3 mm thick, grey-green, glaucous. Scape 50-90 cm long, c. 30 mm wide. Spike c. 1.5-2 times as long as scape, 120-180 cm long, 55-65 mm diam. Cluster-bracts obscure. Packing-bracts shortly acute to acute, medium to densely hirsute. Sepals obtuse, with short beak, without proboscis, centre line and beak medium to densely hirsute. Petals ±erect, with proboscis, glabrous except for hairs at apex.
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