Anthericum L.

Small plants, up to 20 cm. tall. Rhizome very short; roots ± swollen, without tubers. Cataphylls membranous, often hidden by fibrous remnants from previous years’ leaves. Leaves in a basal rosette, linear to ± succulent. Peduncles leafless, often several to a plant, reduced, within the leaf rosette, or elongated, up to 15 cm.. Inflorescence umbel-like (pedicels then emerging from inside the leaf rosette) or a simple raceme; pedicels 1 per node, subtended by a single bract, never articulated. Perianth persistent as fruit matures. Tepals white, often with greenish tinge or stripe outside. Filaments filiform, smooth. Capsule rounded or shallowly 3-lobed in cross-section. Seeds turgid, only slightly folded.