Plants 80-160(-250) mm high. Corm ± globose with oblique flattened side; tunics dark brown, imbricate. Stem puberulous, simple or 1-or 2-branched. Leaves 3 or 4, rarely 5 if plants with more than a single branch, lower 2 basal, ± as long as stem, 2-4 mm wide, remaining leaves cauline, sheathing below, shorter than basal, blades 1.5-3.0 mm wide, evidently flat but margins raised and narrowly winged, main vein also raised, with margins, main and sometimes secondary vein edges ciliate. Spike 1-to 3(5)-flowered; bracts green below, dry distally, often turning brown near tips, outer subacute, margins membranous, 7-10 mm long, inner slightly shorter. Flowers actinomorphic, salver-shaped, blue, base of tepals and throat white; perianth tube cylindric, widening near throat, 6-7 mm long, shortly exceeding bracts; tepals narrowly lanceolate (sublinear), (6-)8-10 x 1-2 mm. Filaments erect, equal, 4-5 mm long; anthers 2-3 mm long, white or yellow; pollen white or yellow. Style dividing opposite middle to apex anthers, often tilted downward, branches ± 1 mm long. Capsules ovoid?, 3(4) mm long. Seeds unknown.
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