A deciduous geophyte 90-130 mm tall when in flower. Tuber: a turnip-shaped, elongated or moniliform root, 40-60 mm long and 10-20 mm in diameter, dark brown (black-brown) in colour. Leaves: radical, simple; lamina ovate to broadly ovate, 25-43 x 15-25 mm, apex obtuse, base cuneate to truncate, margin entire, adaxially covered with patent to appressed stiff hairs, sparsely interspersed with glandular hairs, abaxially sparsely covered with very long glandular hairs and appressed non-glandular hairs, margins ciliate with distally appressed coarse hairs; petiole 30-40 mm long, prostrate, dark green, densely hirsute with appressed non-glandular hairs interspersed with long and short glandular hairs; stipules 10-15 mm long, subulate, adnate to petiole, apices free, hirsute. Inflorescence: scape 15-50 mm long, branched, bearing 2-4 pseudo-umbellets with 3-6 flowers each; peduncles 15-60 mm long, 1 mm in diameter, pale reddish green, densely covered with large-headed glandular hairs, interspersed with appressed curly hairs; bracts subulate, 3-5 mm long, abaxially hirsute with appressed hairs interspersed with large headed glandular hairs, margins ciliate. Pedicel ca. 0.5 mm long. Hypanthium 20-27 mm long, 2.7-3.5 times the length of the sepals, reddish green, densely covered with long large-headed glandular hairs and appressed curly hairs. Sepals: 5, posterior one erect, others reflexed, 6-10 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, linear-lanceolate, reddish green in centre with green membrane-like margins, abaxially densely covered with glandular hairs and short appressed non-glandular hairs. Petals: 5, pale yellow or cream-coloured, spathulate to ligulate, patent, flowers bell-shaped during anthesis; posterior two petals slightly curved backwards, with V-shaped dark pink markings or sometimes blotches, 16-21 x 4.5-6 mm, length/width ratio 3-3.5, apices rounded; anterior three 14-18 x 4-5 mm, apices rounded. Stamens: 10, staminal column ca. 2.5 mm long, smooth, white; perfect stamens 5, concealed in the floral sheath, posterior one 3-4 mm long, lateral two 4-5 mm long, anterior two 5.5-6 mm long, shorter than the sepals, anthers 1.5-1.8 mm long, dark pink, pollen orange. Gynoecium: ovary 2.5 mm long; style 0.5-1 mm long; stigma with 5 recurved branches, 1 mm long, dark pink. Fruit: bases of mericarps 5 mm long, with glandular hairs, tails 20 mm long.