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Perennial herb, geophyte, 0.40-0.75 m high; corm 10-20 mm in diam. Leaves linear, acuminate; venation pronounced; radical leaves 380-700 x 2.5-5.0 mm; reduced sheathing leaves usually 4. Flowering stems 0.40-0.75 m high. Inflorescence a raceme of spikes, pendulous, with 3-9 dense branches. Bracts pure white sometimes with light brown spots, obovate-lanceolate, acute, 10-17 x 5-8 mm, usually flecked in lower half, margins pure white in upper half. Perianth white to deep mauve or pinkish purple, 15.5-20.5 mm long; tube 4.0-6.5 mm long; tepals 10.0-14.5 x 4-6 mm. Anthers 4.5-6.0 mm long. Stigmas 3.5-7.5 mm below top of perianth. Flowering time Aug.-Dec.
Cormous herb, up to 0.75 m high. Coflorescences 5-9. Bracts 5-8 mm broad with 4-6 main veins each side of midvein, ± 0.25 mm apart. Flowers white to deep mauve or pinkish purple.
