| Field notes | Caespitose; stem 6 m tall, 15 cm thick, covered in old leaf bases; lvs. ca. 12, erect; petiole 200 cm long, very spiny abaxially; blade 500x200 cm, flat with all pinnae in one plane; pinnae 90 pr. side, white below. Inflorescence ca 150 cm long, erect; peduncle 50 cm long; bract 105 cm long, very spiny, rachis 90 cm long (from bract), flowering part 50 cm long. N.v. Huicungo (spanish), Ramos (Quechua) Alc. material available at (AAU) |