A weak, much-branched shrub with sessile linear leaves in dense rosettes, 15–25(–49) cm long, 1–3.5 cm wide. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, usually with only one order of branching; pedicels 0.5–1 cm long, articulated above the middle; perianth greenish white, 1.8–2 cm long.
Notes
From south-east Asia, reported in cultivation in Pemba in 1949 (U.O.P.Z.) I have not seen any herbarium material from our area.