; 0 planta multiceps, congesta, 70–80 cm alta, inferne radicibus pluribus emitens; 1 folia rosulata, lineari-angustata, recurve patentia et erecto-patentia, ad margines spinosa, facie adaxiali opace viridia, abaxiali dense minuteque lepidote-tomentulosa, tomentulis cinereo-argenteis, 28–13 cm longa et 10–4 mm lata, spinis uncinatis et retrorsis, carti¬lagineis, sed apice duro pungentique, 3–1.3 mm longis; 2 caulis floriferus cylindricus, robustus, usque basin inflorescentiae 50–58 cm longus et 15–18 mm crassus, inferne foliis abbreviatis deinde bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, ventricosis, purpurescentibus, deciduis, facie abaxiali tomentulosa, tomentulis cinereis, internodiis viridibus et purpureo-castaneis; 3 inflorescentia ramosa, thyrsoidea; 4 rami 7–10, subpatentes, usque duos tertios floriferi, demum apicem versus steriles, sensim angustati, bracteis lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, purpureis, 30–4 mm longi. inflorescence: axis centralis inflores¬centiae ad tres quartos inferiores lepidote-tomentulosus, tomentulis albicantibus; pedicelli virides 6–7 mm longi; receptaculum truncate obovatum, viridis, 3–5 mm longus; sepala lanceolato-naviculata, ad coroliam adpressa et cingentia, ad medium inferiorem inter se imbricata; 23–27 mm longa et 7–10 mm lata, sparse tomentulosa vet subglabra, acute vel obtuse cuspidata. flowers: corolla anguste campanulata, post anthesin spiraliter tortila; tepala coerulea vel interdum facie abaxiali coerulea et viridia, 45–47 mm longa et 15–18 mm lata; filamenta leviter declinata, filiformi-subulata, azurea sed basin versus albicantia, sepalina 27–31, petalina 30–34 mm longa; antherae subbasifixae oblongae, aurantiacae 3.8–4 mm longae, pollen loculique aurantiaci; ovarium ovatum, trigonum, albo-viridescens, ad 6 mm longum et 4.6 mm latum; stylus subrectus, azureus, 27–30 mm longus, apice trifurcato, ramis 2,4 mm longis, inter se flexuose arcteque adpressis, ad apicem crispate glanduloso-stigmatosis, stigmatum capitato simulantibus.Edited from : Ravenna 2000. (protologue) A new Puya Species from Central Chile .