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Plants (8-)15-50 cm. high.. Corms 1.2-1.5 cm. diameter, the tunics pale, usually membranous.. Foliage leaves several, mostly basal, and reaching to ± the base of the spike, sometimes shortly exceeding the stems, narrowly lanceolate, 8-15 mm. wide, blades plane with lightly raised margins and midrib, cauline leaves progressively reduced in size above.. Stem simple or with 1-3 branches.. Spike (2-)4-12 or more-flowered; bracts 8-12 mm. long, green or somewhat membranous to dry apically, the inner ± 2/3 as long as the outer.. Flowers pink to purple; perianth-tube 2-3 cm. long, narrowly cylindric; tepals unequal, the dorsal 1-1.2 cm. long, arched over the stamens, the lower 8-11 mm. long, narrower than the dorsal, streaked darker pink in the midline.. Filaments 5-6 mm. long, exserted ± 3 mm. from the tube; anthers 3-5 mm. long.. Style dividing opposite or beyond the anthers, the branches filiform.. Capsules globose, 4-5 mm. long.. Fig. 11/4-7.
Geophyte, up to 0.7 m. Leaves several, the lower 2 or 3 membranous and entirely sheathing; foliage leaves narrowly lanceolate, plane with slightly raised midrib and margins. Inflorescence a secund spike. Perianth tube longer than tepals. Style branches filiform throughout. Flowers pink to purple.
Foliage leaves several, mostly basal, reaching to about the base of the spike, sometimes shortly exceeding the stems, 8–15 mm wide, narrowly lanceolate, plane with slightly raised midrib and margins, cauline leaves progressively reduced in size above.
Flowers pink to purple; perianth tube 20–30 mm long, narrowly cylindric; tepals unequal, the upper 10–12 mm long, arched over the stamens, the lower 8–11 mm long, narrower than the upper, streaked with darker-pink in the midline.
Spike (2)4–12-flowered or more; floral bracts 8–12 mm long, green or somewhat membranous to dry apically, the inner bracts about two-thirds as long as the outer.
Filaments 5–6 mm long, exserted c. 3 mm from the perianth tube; anthers 3–5 mm long.
Style dividing opposite or beyond the anthers, style branches filiform.
Corms 12–15 mm in diameter; tunics pale, usually membranous.
Capsules 4–5 mm in diameter, globose.
Stem simple or 1–3-branched.
Plants (8)15–50 cm high.
