Leaves numerous, densely tufted, linear, 5--35 cm × (2--)3--5(--8) mm. Scape 25--80 cm. Raceme 5--35 cm, laxly 10--60-flowered; rachis pubescent. Flowers subsessile; pedicel absent to 1(--2) mm, pubescent; bract and bracteole borne on distal part of pedicel, linear-lanceolate, proximally pubescent; bract 4--8(--11) mm, shorter than or equaling flower (sometimes a few bracts at base of raceme to 2 × flower length), apex acute. Perianth white or pale yellow, sometimes apically tinged pink, 4--7 mm, sparsely pubescent, rarely densely so; tube urceolate; lobes ± erect, narrowly oblong lanceolate to linear, 2.5--4 × 0.5--1 mm, usually ca. 1 × tube length or longer, apex obtuse to acute. Capsule ovoid, not angular, 4--6 × 3--4.5 mm, not or only slightly constricted distally when dehisced, apex of valves abruptly narrowed; style 1--2 mm; stigma not or only slightly thickened. Fl. Mar--Jul, fr. May--Sep.
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