Bulbs ellipsoid to plumply ovoid, 2–4.5 × 1.2–4 cm diam., usually arranged either in a circle or semicircle around a common rhizome, or one above the other on a vertical rhizome. Leaves 5–8, 15–60 cm × 2–6 mm, shorter than raceme to just surpassing it, rarely longer. Scape 13.5–55 cm. Racemes condensed, 30–250-flowered, 4–32 cm, flowers closely packed along axis. Flowers: tepals linear to cuneate proximally and broadly subulate distally, 2.3–3.8 mm, fleshy, margins entire or rarely irregularly crenate; auricles distinct or absent; filaments subulate, 2 times tepal length. Capsules 1–3-locular, ellipsoid to plumply ovoid, 0.8–1.9 cm × 5–12 mm. Seeds 2–4(–8) per locule, 3–6.7 × 1.6–2.2 mm. 2n = 16.
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