Densely tufted herb. Leaves linear, 7-22 cm long, 0.6-1.4 mm wide, terete, deeply grooved, papillose, sometimes very sparsely pilose; bases with scarious brown margins. Scape 5-24 cm long, striate, glabrous. Spathes narrowly lanceolate, 3-4.5 cm long, glabrous, chestnut brown; margin up to 3 mm wide, scarious, subhyaline. Involucre 4-6 mm wide; inner bracts enclosed. Tube 2.5-3.5 cm long, glabrous. Sepals obovate to orbicular, 1.5-2 cm long, 1.3-1.8 cm wide, pale violet. Petals linear. Filaments 4-5 mm long, completely connate. Ovary glabrous. Capsule cylindrical, apiculate, 3-4 cm long. Seeds cylindrical, c. 4 mm long, brown; aril linear, appressed.
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