This species, from along the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, forms small clumps of relatively large rosettes. Within the group that includes A. somaliensis and A. jucunda, this species has intermediate-sized rosettes and tends to have more of a brownish-bronzed color to the leaves, which contain significant whitish-green elongated spots. The leaf margins have small brownish teeth, and the inflorescence is red fading to pink. These plants are seedlings in one-gallon pots.