Plants 4-27(-38) cm., flowering with the leaves.. Tuber up to 3 cm. long, 3 cm. wide, globose to subglobose; skin pale fawn, rough; flesh pink becoming darker at the base.. Old leaf-sheaths up to 5.5 cm. long.. Leaves 1-3(-7), erect to suberect; sheath exserted up to 1.5 cm., green or mottled with maroon towards the base; blade linear to lanceolate or somewhat falcate, 1.5-15 cm. long, up to 2.5(-3.5) cm. wide, base cuneate and folded inwards, apex acute, bright green, soft, slightly fleshy.. Peduncle 3.5-12(-20) cm. long, up to 2 mm. diameter; raceme 2-20.5 cm. long, up to 3 cm. wide, suberect, lax, with up to 50 flowers; bracts cymbiform, 1-1.5 mm. long, membranous, green becoming brown; pedicels up to 2.5 cm. long, lower longer than upper.. Flowers 3-16 mm. across, campanulate.. Tepals ligulate, 4-8 mm. long, subequal, yellow with red stippling on the midnerve, becoming spreading to recurved.. Filaments up to 5 mm. long, yellow, erect.. Ovary ovoid, pale green, 1-2 mm. long, 1-2 mm. wide; style cylindrical, up to 4 mm. long, white.. Fruit 6-10 mm. long, 4-7 mm. wide.. Seed ± 5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, hairs up to 7 mm. long.
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