Corms subglobose to irregular, 1-3 cm × 7-20 mm. Leaves 8-16; petiole 1-4(-7) mm wide, to 1/3 as wide as blade; blade green, linear-oblanceolate to spatulate, 2.5-3.5(-5) cm × 3-15(-25) mm, 2-5 mm thick, base 4-12 mm wide, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces sometimes glaucous. Inflorescences: cincinni 3-8-flowered, 2-4 cm; floral shoots 3-10 cm × 1-3 mm (slightly thicker distally); leaves 15-25, spreading, blade triangular-lanceolate to-ovate, 1-2.5 cm × 5-10 mm, 3-6 mm thick, apex subacute to obtuse. Flowers with musky, sweet odor; petals connate 1-2 mm, erect or spreading, white, yellowish green on keel and toward base, not lined, elliptic, 7-14 × 3.5-5.5 mm, apex acute, corolla 4-5 mm diam. at base and 5-18 mm diam. at apex; pistils connivent or separate, erect at anthesis; ovary 4-7 mm; styles 1-1.5 mm. Follicles ascending, with adaxial margins ca. 45-75º above horizontal. 2n = 68.
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