Delicate cormous geophyte, up to 160 mm tall, corm tunics woody, imbricate, stem puberulous below, rarely branched. Leaves linear-falcate, margins and central vein narrowly winged, smooth. Flowers in a 1-or 2-flowered spike, white, veins tinged blue below, outer tepals flushed blue outside, stamens symmetrical, filaments unequal. Late Aug.-Oct.
Delicate, cormous geophyte to 12 cm, tunics woody, imbricate, stem puberulous below, rarely branched. Leaves linear-falcate, margins and central vein narrowly winged, smooth. Flowers in a 1-or 2-flowered spike, white, veins tinged blue below, outer tepals flushed blue outside, stamens symmetrical, filaments unequal.