Dwarf, perennial geophyte. Stems in tufts from depressed tuber, 50-70 mm high. Leaves linear-lanceolate to elliptic, 10-12 x 10 mm, tapering into short 4-6 mm petioles. Flowers 1(2 at nodes; pedicels 4-6 mm long. Corolla very small; lobes spreading, ovate-lanceolate, ± 2 mm long (slightly longer than sepals. Corona projecting above corolla. Follicle (immature linear-fusiform, ± 30-70 x 3.5 mm, glabrous; stalk 8 mm long.