Bulbous geophyte, 50-150 mm tall, tunics soft, whitish or grey. Leaves suberect, subterete to linear-canaliculate, glaucous, margins smooth. Flowers suberect on pedicels 2-18 mm long, yellow to orange (rarely whitish in CCR), tepals ovate, 6-12 mm long, filaments subulate-lanceolate, ovary yellowish, style very short. Capsules ovoid, ± 10 mm long, seeds angular, ± 1 mm across.
Bulbous geophyte, 2-25 cm. Leaves spreading, terete, succulent. Flowers with large bracts, few, cream-coloured to yellow or orange, style very short or stigma sessile.