Perennial herb, geophyte, 0.1-0.2 m high; corm turbinate with dark brown concentric tunics; stem simple or 1-branched, erect or curved. Leaves 4 or 5, lower 2 or 3 basal, others inserted on stem, straight or slightly falcate, acute, margins thickened, midrib raised. Bracts 8-18 mm long, green, sometimes reddish at apex. Inflorescence a 1-6-flowered spike; flowers white, pale pink or pale lilac-mauve; outer tepals washed pale green outside, open during day. Stamens exserted; filaments 2.5-3.5 mm long; anthers 4-6(-7) mm long. Flowering time Mar.-? Capsule oblong.
Cormous geophyte, up to 200 mm high. Leaves 4 or 5, lower 3 basal, weak and drooping. Flowers: anthers 4.5-5.5 mm long; style branches 10-12 mm long; perianth with tube 12-14(-15) mm long, segments 12-16 mm long, ± uniformly pale pink; Jan.-Apr.