Plant rhizomatous. Leaves 24-38 cm long, 3-3.5 mm diam.; basal sheath brown or transparent, entire. Umbel 35-50 mm long, c. 8 mm wide; lowermost peduncle bract 35-45 mm long with pungent point 15-20 mm long; other peduncle bracts acute, grading down to 10-20 mm long, pale brown with scarious margins; outer involucral bracts linear, dilated at base, 13-20 mm long, fawn, with entire scarious margins; inner involucral bracts pungent, 9-13 mm long, brown, with scarious, slightly fimbriate margins; bracteoles scarious, 6-9 mm long, with fimbriate margins. Flowers 2 or 3 per bracteole, 1 fertile; pedicels 0.5 mm long. Perianth 5-6 mm long, cream. Stamens c. 4 mm long. Style c. 5 mm long.
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