Tufted herb or almost shrubby, with erect stem to 6 cm covered by leaf bases. Leaves linear, often spirally twisted, 11-32 cm long, 1.2-2.5 mm wide, biconvex with deep papillose grooves; margins minutely pubescent, brown; bases sparsely villous. Scape 18-23 cm long, glabrous. Spathes lanceolate, one straight, 2.2-3 cm long, the other bent, 1.8-2.6 cm long, grooved, green; margins scarious, brown. Involucre 7-9 mm wide; inner bracts exposed. Tube 2-2.8 cm long, glabrous. Sepals rhomboid, 1-1.5 cm long, 0.8-1.4 cm wide, white. Petals obovate. Filaments 3-4 mm long, completely connate. Ovary pubescent. Capsule cylindrical, 2 cm long. Seeds compressed-ovoid, 3-4 mm long, brown; aril linear, appressed.
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