Stems to 5.5 dm. Bulbs sub-globose, slightly broader than tall, 1–3 cm wide. Leaves basal and cauline, tapering gradually to attenuate apex; cauline leaves smaller than basal, gradually reduced to bracts subtending panicle branches; blade (6.5–)10–25 × (0.2–)0.5–0.8 cm. Inflorescences 0–4-branched, each branch (1–)5–40-flowered; bracts subulate, ± equaling pedicels. Flowers: perianth creamy white to yellowish; perianth tube 4–6 mm, limb lobes ca. as long; outer 3 tepals 5–7-veined, ± lanceolate, apex acute; inner 3 tepals 3–5-veined, ± oblanceolate, apex obtuse; filaments 1–2 mm; staminodes 0.5–1 mm; pedicels 3–5 mm. Capsules ca. 4 mm wide.