Roots fibrous. Leaves linear, to 60 cm long, persistent during flowering; lamina flat or complicate. Inflorescence to 70 cm tall; peduncle erect; major branches divergent; lowest branch 10–25 cm from rhizome; racemules ± straight, erect or ascending, 15–30 cm long; internodes to 2 cm long; flowers 2–6 per cluster; lower bracts linear-subulate, to 20 cm long; uppermost bracts ovate-attenuate, less than 1 mm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Perianth 5–6 mm long, white to pale yellow. Sepals oblong. Petals elliptic, emarginate. Filaments straight; anthers 0.5–0.8 mm long. Capsule pendulous, ovoid to obovoid, to 7.5 mm long. Seed 1–5 per fruit, 2–2.5 mm long, smooth, shallowly pitted or somewhat wrinkled, ± shiny; caruncle irregular, the lobes free, antler-like. (Henderson 1987: 301). A more recent detailed description is provided by Barrett et al. (2021: 40–43), also details on distribution, phenology, habitat, conservation status and affinities.
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