Perennial herbs; root tubers stalked or sessile. Leaves erect; leaf fibres from previous seasons often present. Inflorescence racemose to paniculate. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, 1 to c. 6 per node; pedicels erect to nodding, articulated close to flower. Perianth segments 6, free, rotate to reflexed, pale to dark blue to purple. Sepals narrow, 3–5-veined. Petals elliptic to circular. Stamens 6; anthers linear, longer than filaments, dehiscing by longitudinal slits, ± latrorse, with 2 or 4 densely hairy basal appendages; filaments glabrous. Ovary superior; locules 3; ovules to 6 per locule; placentation axile. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; perianth persistent or deciduous. Seeds spherical to angular, black. [This description from the Dichopogon treatment in the Flora of Australia Volume 45 (Brittan 1987: 345) requires revision as it includes D. fimbriatus and D. strictus which are now included in Arthropodium following the Australian Plant Census (accessed 31 May 2022)-Editor.]
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