Plants stemless or with short stems to 20 cm long, rarely solitary, usually suckering to form dense clumps. Leaves in a dense rosette, numerous (more than 10), broadly lanceolate, 25-40 cm long, 8-12 cm wide, spreading to recurved, dull green, with numerous white spots on upper surface, spineless; margins with sharp teeth 3-5 mm long, 4-10 mm apart. Inflorescence to 60 cm long, 1-8 branched; individual flower stalks 35-75 mm long; flower perianth 35-45 mm long, dull pink-orange. Syn. A. saponaria (Ait.) Haw.

Common in older gardens and may be semi-naturalised in places.This hardy species is well suited to dry climate gardens.

S Africa.

A. parvibracteata Schonl. from S Africa is stemless, suckering to form dense clumps. Leaves in a dense rosette, numerous (more than 10), lanceolate, 12-40 cm long, 6-8 cm wide, spreading to recurved, green to brown-green, with numerous white spots, spineless; margins with sharp teeth 2-5 mm long, 6-15 mm apart. Inflorescence to 1.5 m long, 4-8 branched; individual flower stalks 8-10 mm long; perianth 30-33 mm long, dull red. Common in older gardens and sometimes seminaturalised. A hardy species well suited to dry climate gardening.

Source: Conran, J.; Forster, P. (2005). Asphodelaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.