plant terrestrial, distinctly caulescent, stem 15–20 cm long, propagating by short basal offshoots. leaves 20–25, distinctly recurved, equally distributed along the stem, forming a round rosette; sheath suborbicular but inconspicuous, ca 1.5 x 2 cm, spinulose toward apex, pale green, glabrescent inside, densely and coarsely white-lepidote outside; blade sublinear-lanceolate, apex attenuate, slenderly acuminate-caudate, 10–12 x 2 cm, not canaliculate, dark green, adaxially glabrous toward apex, abaxially very densely and coarsely white-lepidote and bearing castaneous crossbands mainly toward the apex, margins undulate, densely spinulose, spines 1–1.5 mm long. inflorescence slightly elongate, ca 4 cm long, ca 3.5 cm in diameter, peduncle not distinct; primary bracts foliaceous; fascicles ca 12, pulvinate, ca 20 x 20 mm (excluding the petals), ca 10-flowered; floral bracts broadly ovate-triangular, acute, about equaling the midpoint of the sepals, submembranaceous, densely and coarsely brown-lepidote towards the apex, entire, the outer ones alate-carinate, the inner ones ecarinate, ca 15 x 10 mm. flowers perfect, ca 22 mm long, sessile, fragrant; sepals elliptic-lanceolate, acute and apiculate, 10–12 x 4 mm, connate for ca 2 mm, entire, greenish toward the apex, coarsely brown-lepidote, the adaxial ones alate-carinate; petals spatulate, ca 20 x 6 mm, connate at base for ca 9 mm, white, forming a very narrow basal tube, lobes broadly elliptic to suborbicular, , subacute to rounded, exceeding the stamens, without any callosities. stamens: filament ca 14 mm long, equally adnate to the petals tube; anther ca 2 mm long, fixed near the base, base sagittate, apex obtuse. pistil: stigma simple-erect, white, the styler lobes erect, ca 1 mm long, margins shortely crenulste; ovary ca 3 mm, trigonous, whitish; epigynous lacking; placentation apical; ovules obtuse. fruits globose, 5 x 5 mm, albus; seeds ca 1 x 0.8 mm, sulcate.Edited from : Bradea. .