Perennial, geophytic herb, 200-700 mm long; stems 1(2), erect or decumbent, unbranched. Leaves spreading-erect, lanceolate to ovate, 42-97 x 15-40 mm, base cuneate to shortly attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margins undulating; petioles 1-11 mm long. Inflorescences 2-flowered, sessile. Corolla dish-shaped, yellowish, tinged dark red-maroon; lobes free 9-22 x 6-10 mm. Corona brown-maroon tinged yellow; lobes fleshy, 4.1-9.0 mm high; basal proximal lobe with 2 bulbous apical wings; basal distal appendage ligulate, upcurved, not overtopping style-stigma-head, 4-10 mm long. Flowering time Oct.-Jan. Follicles ovoid, glabrous, winged; pedicels twisted.
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