Tussocks sparse; shoots with few leaves. Leaves rigid, flat to terete, usually 20-35 cm long, 1-2 mm wide, usually scabrid on margins and in grooves, occasionally smooth; apex acute, initially minutely 1-3-pointed; sheath margins intact or rarely lattice-like, white or purplish brown. Male and female inflorescences similar, usually unbranched, occasionally with 1 or 2 short branches, c. 5-15 cm long; scape nearly equal to rachis; flowers separate or 2 or 3 together. Bracts ovate, shorter than flowers; inner bract regularly present. Male and female flowers similar, erect, globular, 1-2 mm long, sessile. Sepals and petals nearly equal, densely purple-flecked.
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