Stems 90-220 mm high, usually branched. Leaves verticillate or irregularly arranged; blade linear, 34-60 x 2.5-7.0 mm. Inflorescences 3-7 per stem, 5-8-flowered; peduncles 8-33 mm long. Flowers: corolla lobes 3.5-5.0 x 3-8 mm, green or brownish; corona white, each lobe oblong to narrowly ovate in dorsal view, with bifid apex. Flowering time Oct.-Jan. Fruit a follicle, 45-56 mm long.
Perennial, geophytic herb, 90-220 mm high. Stems usually branched. Leaves verticillate or irregularly arranged; blade linear, 34-60 x 2.5-7.0 mm. Flowers: inflorescences pedunculate, 3-7 per stem, 5-8-flowered; corona white; gynostegium white; corolla lobes 3.5-5.0 x 3-8 mm; green or brownish; Oct.-Jan. Fruit a follicle.