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Bulb globose, 1-2 cm diam., with non-stipitate offset bulbs. Leaves 2-3, c. 25 × 1-2 cm, flat, margins finely toothed or ciliate. Scape 20-60 cm high, sheathed at base only, subtriquetrous with 2 angles acute, almost winged, the third more obtuse. Umbels 5-8 cm diam., many-flowered, ± flat-topped; pedicels ± 3 times length of flowers, rigid; spathe-valve 1, persistent. Flowers white, 8-10 mm long, ± 1 diam., campanulate; segments ovate-elliptic, obtuse. stamens c. ½ length of perianth; filaments simple without appendages. Capsule c. 7 mm long, ± globose, papery, few-seeded. Seeds black, angled, 2-3 mm long.
Bulb subglobose, 1–2 cm diam.; outer tunic membranous with minute sinuate patterning; bulblets several. Leaves usually 2 or 3, flat, keeled, 8–35 cm long, 5–30 mm wide. Scape 20–50 cm long, slightly 3-angled. Umbel fastigiate or hemispherical, many-flowered, without bulbils; pedicels 1.5–3.5 cm long; spathe entire. Perianth cup-shaped or stellate; segments 7–12 mm long, obtuse, white. Stamens included; filaments very narrowly triangular below, 5–6 mm long. Capsule c. 5 mm long.
An onion family plant. A bulb plant. It grows to 10-30 cm high. The bulbs are 10-20 mm across. There are 2-3 flat leaves with keels per bulb. The leaves are narrow and blue-green. They are 30 cm long. The flower stems are almost triangle shaped. They can be 60 cm long. The flowers are white and cup-shaped. They are in a slightly nodding head. The heads are 8 cm wide. They have a sweet scent.
