Bulbs subrhizomatous, 2.7–5.6 × 5.7–13.4 cm, 0.2–0.8 times taller than long; scales usually unseg-mented, some notched with 2(–3) poorly defined segments, longest 3.5–7.7 cm. Stems to 2 m. Leaves in 2–5 whorls, 3–16 leaves per whorl or partial whorls, horizontal and drooping at tips to ascending, 5.4–10.9 × 1.3–2.8 cm, 2.9–5.4 times longer than wide; margins undulate or not. Flowers: sepals and petals recurved 2/3–3/4 along length from base, white, rarely aging pink, usually with short yellowish stripe extending from basal median nectaries; sepals rarely purplish adaxially, 8–11.3 × 1.1–1.7 cm; petals 7.9–11.2 × 1.4–2.4 cm; anthers off white/cream, becoming pale pink or dirty yellow; pollen very pale yellow or cream. Capsules occasionally with 6 longitudinal ridges, 2.7–4.3 × 1.6–2.7 cm, 1.4–2.2 times longer than wide. Seeds 123–216. 2n = 24.
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