Plants 100-270 mm high, stem unbranched. Corm ovoid, ± 6 mm diam.; tunics woody, concentric. Stem unbranched, ?smooth. Leaves 4, lower 2 basal, linear-oblong, blades ± 2 mm wide, margins and main vein lightly thickened and sparsely long-hairy in lower 1/2, third leaf largely sheathing with short free apex, uppermost leaf entirely sheathing, partly membranous, 8-22 mm long, inserted shortly below spike. Spike 1-to 3-flowered; bracts 10-14 mm long, green or flushed purple, margins and apices membranous. Flowers mauve, diurnal; perianth tube cylindric below, expanded near apex, 8-9 mm long; tepals subequal, elliptic, 13-14 x 4-5 mm, spreading at right angles to tube. Filaments ± 3 mm long; anthers 5.5-6.0 mm long, yellow; pollen yellow. Style branches ± 7 mm long, reaching upper 1/3 of anthers in bud, spreading when mature.
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Like H. pilosa but leaves sparsely long-hairy, and flowers pale mauve, larger with tepals ± 14 x 4-5 mm.
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