Stem reduced, covered with leaf bases. Leaves forming a lax rosette, arching upwards, the ends drooping, 1.5-2 m, linear-oblong, widest just above the middle, neck hardly constricted; apical spine 1-1.5 cm, almost black; marginal spine broad, spreading or pointing downwards, blackish-brown. Leaves green, often glaucous sometimes with a whitish bloom, shallowly channelled.