Bulb rhizomatous, narrowly ovoid, 1.3–3 × 1–2 cm; basal plate ca. 1 cm; neck 2–5 cm; tunic gray. Leaves deciduous, 2–5, suberect, 1.5–4 dm × 0.5–1.3(–2) cm, coriaceous; blade shiny green, narrowly liguliform, apex subacute. Scape 1.2–3(–4.2) dm, 2-edged, glaucous; scape bracts 2, enclosing buds, 2–3 × 0.5–1 cm; subtending floral bracts 1.5–2.5 cm × 3–5 mm. Flowers 1–2, opening sequentially, with lemony fragrance; perianth tube green, 4–6 cm; tepals slightly ascending, white, tinged green on keel, 5–7 cm × 3–6 mm; corona white with small green eye, funnelform at full anthesis, then gradually spreading, shortly tubulose proximally, 2–3 × ca. 3 cm, margins between free portions of filaments irregularly dentate, projections small; free portions of filaments inserted on flat sinal base, suberect, white, 1.8–2.8 cm; anthers 1–1.5 cm, pollen golden; ovary ovoid, ca. 1 cm × 5 mm, ovules 2 per locule; style green in distal 1/3, fading to white proximally, 10–13 cm. Capsules subglobose, ca. 2 × 2 cm. Seeds obovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 cm. 2n = 40, 41.
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