Perennial, geophytic herb, 180-475 mm high. Stems solitary. Leaves spreading-erect, lanceolate to linear, 7-83 x 0.5-6.0 mm. Inflorescences corymbose umbellate, 1-3; 4-18-flowered; peduncles 10-175 mm long. Flowers pale or butter-yellow, 3-5 mm high, 4-8 mm wide. Corolla spreading rotate, 3.5-5.0 x 2.0-3.2 mm. Staminal column 1.0-1.5 mm high, stipitate. Corona: lobes boxing-glove-shaped, upper proximal edges extended into 2 arm-like appendages folding over and reflexed, ± level with style-stigmahead, upper margin curving up into a bowl-like distal end, overtopping style-stigma-head; sinus with curved tongue-like appendage projecting out by 0.4-0.7 mm. Anther: appendages reniform. Flowering time Oct.-Jan.
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