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Perianth bright coral-red, 30–35 mm long, c. 8 mm in diameter across the ovary, slightly narrowed above the ovary, then curved and widening toward the mouth, cylindric-trigonous; outer segments free for c. one-third, with tips scarcely spreading.
Racemes 8–15 × 6 cm, subcapitate, very densely flowered; bracts 8–14 × 3–4 mm, ovate-lanceolate, buff with darker veining; pedicels held erect, 15–20 mm long, elongating to 30 mm in fruit.
Inflorescence erect to 60 cm high; peduncle 1–3(6)-branched; branches spreading, with several sterile bracts below each raceme.
Capsule stipitate for 1.5–3 mm, c. 20 × 12 mm, ovoid, dark yellowish-brown.
Perennial herb, suckering to form dense groups of plants, acaulescent.
Seeds 3.5 × 6–7 mm, blackish with broad sparsely speckled wings.
Stamens and stigma slightly exserted.
