Bulbinella ciliolata Kunth

Plants medium-sized, lower than 0.6 m. Roots numerous, fascicled, thickened the whole length up, to 120 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, or with swollen ends. Fibrous sheathing neck 60-80 mm long, up to 30 mm wide, fibres straight, coarse, loose to compact, bristly above. Leaves 12-40, erect to suberect, equal to subequal, base of outer leaves dilated to form a membranous, colourless sheath up to 50 mm long, inner not sheathing; lamina filiform, semiterete, up to 700 x 1.5 mm, dark green; margin irregularly, shortly ciliate. Raceme dense, narrowly conical to subcylindrical, up to 100 mm long, 30 mm wide in flower and bud, elongating as fruits form, with ±125 flowers; peduncle up to 350 mm long, 2-3 mm in diameter; bracts narrowly triangular, up to 7 mm long, white with a green midrib, membranous, margin irregularly serrate. Flowers stellate, 8-9 mm in diameter; pedicels 7-15 mm long, very pale pink in flower, becoming green in fruit. Tepals equal to subequal, elliptic, 5 mm long, 2 mm wide, white, faintly pink in bud. Filaments filiform, apiculate, 3.5-4.0 mm long, white. Ovary ovoid, 1.25 mm long, 1 mm wide, greenish yellow; style narrowly cylindrical, 2.5 mm long, white. Capsule valves 5.5-6.0 x 3.75 mm, fawn, with 3 wavy veins lengthwise, whole open capsule 5 mm across. Seeds 4.75 x 1.85-2.75 mm, black with flat, brown, hyaline extensions at each end up to 0.5 mm wide.