Tufts to 30 cm diam. Leaves terete, 13-24 cm long, 0.7-1.2 mm diam., glabrous except lower margins, green; hairs few, 3-9 mm long, spreading, flexuose, white, flattened at base, with minute marginal serrations. Inflorescence a shortly bifurcate many-flowered flattened head; scape 5-13 cm long, with a median scarious hirsute bract 3-8 mm long. Perianth 5-7.5 mm long, finely tomentose, pale yellowish cream ageing to brick-red; lobes 2.5-4.5 mm long, cream inside, golden yellow towards base. Stamens uniseriate; anthers 1-1.7 mm long, somewhat longer than filaments. Style 3-4 mm long.
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