Bulbous herb, up to 300 mm high. Leaves 2 or 40; present at flowering; blade linear, 300 x 4-8 mm. Flowers: in a 7-or 8-flowered umbel; nodding; perianth with tube curved, dilated gradually to throat, ± 30 mm long or more, lobes ovate, spreading, 4-5 mm long, bright to pale scarlet; Jul.-Sep. Fruit a 3-valved capsule.