Perennial herb with stem reduced, appearing absent, roots fibrous; bulb globose, 1–2 cm long, fibrous, outer surface light brown; bulbils formed from the old bulb. Indumentum of simple, eglandular hairs. Stipules c. 2 mm long, tapering into petiole. Leaves 5–15, palmately trifoliolate; petiole 1.5–6 cm long; leaflets sessile, obovate, rounded and entire, 5–8 mm long, 4–7 mm wide. Inflorescences basal, 1-flowered; peduncles to 18 cm long, with scattered hairs, the hairs spreading. Bracts situated in the upper half of pedicel, linear, to 5 mm long, calli absent. Sepals elliptic to linear, 4–5 mm long, generally glabrous, margins hyaline and densely ciliate, with some very short hairs on the inner surface at the apex, with a broad purple central stripe, with 2 yellow calli. Petals obovate, 10–13 mm long, bright yellow with reddish lines, sometimes hairy on outer surface. Stamens at 2 levels; filaments: the longer set pubescent, the shorter set glabrous in the lower half. Ovary with sparse hairs at the apex on the dorsal side. Styles pubescent. Capsules not developed in Australia.
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A herb that grows each year from seed. It grows 3-15 cm tall. It has a bulb 1-2 cm across. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The flowers are yellow.
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