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Perennial geophyte, up to 0.55 m high; bulb subglobose, outer tunics whitish or grey-brownish, thin-textured. Leaves suberect, 2-5, linear-to oblong-lanceolate, up to 170 x 20 mm, obtuse or acute, clasping at base. Inflorescence a shortly cylindrical corymbose to subcorymbose raceme, up to 9-flowered; lowermost pedicels 3-15 mm long, up to 5-27 mm long in fruit. Flowers reddish, orange or yellow (rarely white); tepals up to 18 mm long, outer ones obovate-lanceolate and unmarked or with black spot or transverse bar near apex, inner ones obovate. Stamens: filaments up to 9 mm long, orange or yellow, subulate or inner ones lanceolate. Flowering time Sept., Oct. Fruit a 3-lobed, fusiform capsule.
Bulbous geophyte, 60-500 mm tall, tunics soft, whitish or grey. Leaves usually suberect, oblong-lanceolate, glaucous, margins smooth. Flowers suberect on pedicels 3-15 mm long, orange to red, outer tepals usually with a dark or transparent blotch apically, tepals ovate, 10-28 mm long, filaments subulate-lanceolate, ovary yellow, style very short. Capsules ovoid, 8-10 mm long, seeds angular, ± 1 mm across.
Bulbous geophyte, 8-50 cm. Leaves usually suberect, oblong to lanceolate, glabrous, somewhat fleshy. Flowers with large bracts, orange to orange-red or yellow, outer tepal tips often with a dark or transparent blotch, style very short.
