Caudex up to 1 m or slightly more. Leaves dense rosulate, rigid up to ± 1 m long; apex long pointed, 12-18 mm long lamina glabrous and green on both surfaces, channelled in transverse section. Inflorescence ± 5 m or more long, paniculate with many bulbils. Flowers c. 7.5 cm long, greenish-yellow, funnel-shaped, arranged in compact clusters. Perianth segments 6, longer than the tube, lanceolate, spreading. Stamens 6, attached to the perianth tube, anthers ± 10 mm long. Style as long as stamens; stigma 3-lobed.