Perennial herb up to 100 mm high: single-stemmed, unless damaged early in growth, the basal organ a below ground caudex, 30 mm diameter and 12 mm thick, with numerous fusiform roots from the bottom surface. Leaves up to 50 mm long, 3 mm wide, linear, entire and sparingly hairy or glabrous on upper surface and hairy underneath. Flowers 7 mm diameter flesh coloured on outside and on inside, fine reddish rings on a yellowish green background; corolla lobes triangular 1.5 mm reddish with or without hairs; corolla bulb funnel shaped 4 x 5 mm; corona 3 mm diameter yellowish green with yellow pollinia. Fruit cylindrical, 70 x 4 mm, greenish upright. Seeds up to 10 per fruit.
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