Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae (Gagnep.) N.Jacobsen

Leaves usually submerged, green to brownish to dark brown, rather flaccid, 15-70 × 1-4 cm, slightly to strongly bullate; midrib conspicuous, lateral veins less so. Emergent leaves shorter and often not as bullate as submerged ones. Spathe with a long tube 10-30(-40) cm; limb with a rather long and rather open to somewhat tight spiral, usually grayish or yellowish, mostly with shorter or longer purplish markings of varying intensities. Fl. Dec-Apr. 2n = 36.