Tussocks small, dense. Leaves fine, flat or inrolled, flexible, 5-20 cm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, papillose-puberulent adaxially; apex acute, obtuse or truncated; sheath margins lacerated, white. Male inflorescence unbranched or sometimes with l or 2 short branches, 3-8 cm long; scape longer than rachis; flowers mostly 2 or 3 together. Female inflorescence 1-2 cm long, hidden among leaf bases; flowers 1-5 near the apex. Bracts equalling or exceeding flower, broad-based, attenuate; inner bract regularly present. Male flowers globular, 2.5-3 mm long, purple and yellow, sessile; sepals shorter, thinner and narrower than the petals. Female flowers campanulate, 4-6 mm long, purple, sessile.
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