Roots ± evenly fleshy. Leaves linear, to 12 cm long, caducous; lamina involute. Inflorescence to 75 cm tall; peduncle erect; major branches divergent to decumbent; lowest branch 2–5 cm from rhizome; racemules straight, erect or ascending, 10–25 cm long; internodes to 4 cm long; flowers usually solitary; lower bracts subulate, to 5 cm long; uppermost bracts ovate-attenuate, less than 1 mm long; pedicels to 3 mm long. Perianth 6.5–8 mm long, white to creamy pink. Sepals linear. Petals narrowly elliptic, emarginate. Filaments kinked; anthers to 1 mm long. Capsule erect, clavate-attenuate, to 15 mm long. Seed usually solitary, 3–4.5 mm long, longitudinally wrinkled, dull; caruncle irregular but distinctly lobed. (Henderson 1987: 300). A more recent detailed description is provided by Barrett et al. (2021: 37–40), also details on distribution, phenology, habitat, conservation status and affinities.
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