Plants slender to robust, usually flowering before the leaves. Bulbs often somewhat pinkish or reddish; bulb scales firmly or loosely packed. Leaves filiform, linear or lanceolate; margin ciliate in some SPECIES. Scape glabrous, usually erect. Inflorescence a lax to extremely dense raceme; pedicels erect or ascending; lower bract, at least, bearing a pit or a spur, sometimes 2, one in the middle of the bract and one close to the scape. Perianth-segments free or united. Filaments free or united with the perianth-segments. Ovary 3-locular, with many ovules per locule. Capsule ovoid to subglobose, sometimes with an emarginate apex. Seeds black, most often flattened and winged with an approximately semicircular outline.
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