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Perennial geophyte. Stems 1-3, erect, branching in upper part only, 70-300 mm high, internodes long, densely covered by short curved hairs; tuber discoid. Leaves spreading-erect, linear to ovate, 5-15 x 1-7 mm. Flowers usually 2; pedicel 2-5 mm long. Corolla cylindrically beaked in bud; lobes erect, linear to filiform, slightly inflated, 5-25 x 1.0-1.5 mm, apically united into a cage surrounding gynostegial column; glabrous outside, sparsely hairy inside; white to maroon. Corona: interstaminal corona lobes erect, fleshy, fused at base into a shallow tube, deeply divided, both outer edges extended into 2 linear or tooth-like, erect appendages ± exceeding style head; staminal corona lobes narrowly ligulate or strap-like, fused at base, free above, 0.4-0.6 mm long, incumbent on anthers. Flowering time Sept.-Jan. Follicles erect, narrowly fusiform, 60-90 x 3-4 mm, surface smooth, apex pointed.
Perennial herb, 70-300 mm high, with tuber disc-shaped. Stems one to few, shortly pubescent. Leaves with blade linear, 5-20 mm long, folded upwards. Flowers: corolla with a cylindrical beak in bud, tube < 3 mm long, lobes united at tips, glabrous inside, pubescent outside, cage-like open part becoming broader than base, white to maroon; Jul.-Jun. Fruit a follicle.
Perennial herb, 70-300 mm tall, shortly pubescent. Corolla with cylindrical beak in bud; tube snorter than 3 mm, lobes glabrous inside, pubescent outside, cagelike open part becoming broader than base. Flowers white to maroon.
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a single stem 7-30 cm high from a tuber 10 cm across. The leaves are 5-20 mm long. They are hairy on top. There are 1-2 flowers in a group in the axils of the leaves.
Dwarf geophyte to 10 cm; sap clear. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, pubescent. Flowers 5-10 mm long, campanulate without tube, with slender lobes remaining joined at tips, white to pink, corona white to maroon.
