Stemless grass aloe 350-500 mm tall, solitary; roots fusiform. Leaves 12-18 in a rosette, lorate, 300-500 x 20-40 mm, acuminate, with irregular white spots on both surfaces through­out or only near expanded bases, margins carti­laginous, dentate. Inflorescence a capitate raceme; peduncle 250-500 mm long, with sterile bracts; bracts ovate-acuminate, 22-27 x 5-7 mm, many-nerved. Flowers salmon-pink, 26-38 mm long; all segments free; pedicels 20-35 mm long, lengthening to ± 50 mm in fruit. Anthers not or hardly exserted. Ovary ±8x3 mm, salmon-pink; style exserted 1-2 mm. Fruit ± 28 x 12 mm, grey. Seeds black, in a semitranspar-ent white membranous sac forming wings, ± 6.0-7.0 x 4.0 x 1.5 mm including wing. Flowering time December to January.