Tufts to 4 cm wide at base; root tubers often present, to 3 cm long. Leaves filiform, 10–40 cm long; lamina semiterete, c. 1 mm wide, mucronate; ligule to 5 mm long. Inflorescence 20–45 cm long; axis slender, few-branched near base; branches spreading to ascending; flower clusters 15–40-flowered, 0.5–2 cm wide; outer bracts ovate to cordate, acuminate, 2–3 mm long; pedicels 1–8 mm long, spreading to decurved. Perianth green-white to lavender; segments obtuse, 3.8–5 mm long; petals broader than sepals. Filaments c. 1 mm long; anthers smooth or puncticulate, 2–2.8 mm long; staminodes absent. Ovary ± oblong; ovules 1 per locule; style 1.3–1.8 mm long, shorter than anther tips. Seeds c. 2.5 mm long; testa verruculose.
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