Eriospermum dissitiflorum Schltr.

Tuberous geophyte. Tuber globose, becoming irregularly cylindrical, skin tough, corky, dark brown, interior deep pink, growing point basal or lateral. Leaf hysteranthous, erect, elliptic to narrowly or broadly lanceolate, glabrous. Inflorescence up to 420 mm high, lax, with up to 35 flowers. Pedicels: lowest 5-40 mm long, upper shorter. Flowers circular to triangular. Tepals dimorphic, outer suberect, elliptic to lanceolate, inner erect, broadly spathulate, apex crisped and pinched-in, white with a green midnerve overlaid with reddish brown streaking. Stamens with subequal, broadly ovate, white filaments; anthers green. Ovary green, ± as long as white style. Flowering time Jan.-Apr.