Plants 400-650 mm high. Leaves linear to narrowly sword-shaped, 4-8 mm wide. Stem erect, with 2 or 3(-5) suberect to spreading, filiform branchlets subtended by silvery-translucent bracts mostly 3-4 mm long. Main spike 4-or 5(-7)-flowered, lateral spikes (1)2-or 3(-5)-flowered; bracts membranous and translucent, mostly 6-8 mm long. Flowers creamy white with pale yellow cup, sometimes flushed grey-mauve outside, nodding, intensely carnation-scented; perianth tube 6-7 mm long, tepals 12-17 x 5.0-7.5 mm. Filaments ± 3 mm long; anthers ± 3 mm long, uniformly pale yellow; style reaching anther tips.
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