Perennial herb from small corm-like rootstock with slightly fleshy roots 3–4 mm in diameter.. Leaves linear, 30–100 cm long, 1–2 cm wide towards the base, prominently keeled.. Inflorescence 50–150 cm tall; raceme very dense, 4–15 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, opening from the top downwards; fertile bracts lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 6–10 mm long, 1–2 mm wide at the base, acuminate at the apex; pedicels 1.5–3.5 mm long, elongating to 6 mm in fruit.. Flowers yellow to orange-yellow or red; perianth-tube campanulate, 9–19 mm long, 2 mm wide around the ovary, slightly constricted above the ovary, 6–7 mm wide at the mouth; stamens exserted for 10–13 mm, filaments yellow to red, anthers orange or red; style exserted for 13–15 mm.. Capsules ovoid to globose, 6–10 mm long, 6–8 mm wide.
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