leaves many, rosulate, ca 40 (rarely to 65) mm long, rigid, base widely vaginate (up 20 mm across), apex narrowly angustate, densely rusty-lepidote. inflorescence: peduncle much shorter than basal leaves, leaves ovate-lanceolate, widely vaginate, densely rusty-lepidote; fertile part few flowered (1–3); bracts large, ca 50 mm long and 40 mm across, densely rusty-lepidote. flowers to 60 mm long, shortly tubular, bright blue; petals subtrapeziform, obtuse, more or less patent; sepals irregularly free, dorsal ones densely lepidote. stamens included, style much shorter. fruits cylindric, brown, ca 15 mm long; seeds oblong, brownish, minute.Edited from : Acta Mus. Richnov. , Sect. Natur. 12(2): 57-68. (2005)