Caudices branched apically, (cespitose), 10–50 × 2–5 cm, axillary branches absent. Leaves: rosettes 200–300, in clumps, 15–40(–65)-leaved, 5–15 cm diam.; blade green, oblong-oblanceolate to -obovate, 3–11 × 1–3.5 cm, 4–8 mm thick, base 1–3 cm wide, apex acute to acuminate, subapiculate, surfaces sometimes farinose, not glaucous. Inflorescences: cyme 3–6-branched, flat-topped or rounded; branches not twisted (flowers on topside), simple or 1–2 times bifurcate, (4–10 cm diam.); cincinni 3–5, 2–15-flowered, circinate, 1–9 cm; floral shoots 15–40 × 0.3–1.3 cm; leaves 15–25, spreading to ascending, triangular to ovate, 10–30 × 5–12 mm, apex acute, (erect). Pedicels erect, not bent in fruit, 1–5 mm. Flowers: calyx 4–7 × 4–9 mm; petals connate 1.5–2.5 mm, pale yellow or whitish especially on margins, 8–12 × 3–5 mm, apex acute, tips sometimes outcurved; pistils connivent, erect. Unripe follicles erect. 2n = 68, 102.
