Rosette: monocarpic, caulescent, stem height up to 8 m, mostly naked, with marcescent leaves only below the rosette. Leaf: open sheath, sessile, usually auriculate-amplectant above sheaths, adaxially glabrous or loosely hirsute, green, length 25–60 cm, width 4.5–10.0 cm, ratio 5–6:1, margins dentate, teeth 3–6 mm apart, bases of secondary nerves parallel, 3–8 mm apart. Inflorescence: terminal, compound, primary branching monochasial, corymboid-paniculate, length 35–70 cm, branched near the base, branches and sheaths of bracts reddish-purplish. Capitulum: outer phyllaries herbaceous, diameter 12–18 mm, ligular circle 24–35 mm, disc 11–13 mm, rose, reddish or purplish ray ligules (photo Serge Aubert).