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Leaves in a basal rosette, spirally arranged; lamina 6–13× 5–11 cm., distinctly palmatilobed, cordate-ovate to subcircular in outline, (3) 5 (7) veined at the base, main nerves fairly distinct with secondary nerves, usually glabrous sometimes slightly pilose; lobes 2.3–6 × 1.6–6, 1.4–3 × 1–2 cm. narrowly to broadly ovate with the apex subobtuse to rounded.
A herb. It is short and has underground roots or rhizomes. The leaves are in rings. The leaves have lobes like fingers on a hand. The leaves are 5-12 cm long by 3-13 cm wide. The flowers are in spikes 1-11 cm long.
Corolla tube c. 25 mm. long, glabrous, tube somewhat constricted at the mouth; lobes c. 15 mm. long, lanceolate to ovate, acute to subobtuse, usually spreading or reclined.
Inflorescence spicate; spikes cylindric to globose, 1–11 (17) cm. long, 3–5 mm. in diam., usually rather dense (at first much longer and less dense in fruit).
Scape (5) 6.5–27 cm. long, 0.5–1.0 mm. in diam., erect or ascending, usually 5-sulcate, rarely pubescent but usually densely pilose beneath the spike.
Petiole 5–31 cm. long, 2–4 mm. in diam., glabrous, sometimes somewhat pubescent, dilated at the base; slightly cauliculate.
Bracts 2–2.5 (3.5) mm. long, slightly boat-shaped, ovate, obtuse, glabrous, midrib slightly keeled.
Perennial, pilose or glabrescent herb with short, straight rhizome and numerous fleshy roots.
Sepals c. 3 mm. long, almost equal, slightly keeled midrib, obtuse, glabrous.
Ovary ellipsoid to globose; pistil scarcely exceeding the lobes.
Capsule globose or nearly so, 2–4 mm. long, usually 2-seeded.
Seeds c. 2 mm. long, ellpisoid or ellipsoid-trigonous.
Stamens exserted; anthers yellowish or cream coloured.
A tuft of long-petiolate leaves
Flowers green
Sessile herb
