Succulent, bulbous perennial; acaulescent. Bulb often clumping, with loosely packed, membranous scales covering slightly fleshy leaf bases. Leaves semisucculent, grass-like, deciduous; blade erect, slender, 4-5 mm wide, strongly spiralling, greyish green, white-spotted near base; margins with soft, white, decurved teeth. Flowers: Haworthia-like, zygomorphic, erect; inflorescence a lax, unbranched raceme, appearing with leaves; perianth reddish brown to greenish brown with greenish keels to segments; Nov., Dec. Fruit an apically acuminate capsule.
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