Tufts 1-7 cm wide at base; root tubers absent. Leaves filiform, 5-10 cm long; lamina terete, less than 1 mm wide, pungent; ligule to c. 15 mm long, ciliate. Inflorescence 7-20 cm long; axis ±stout, simple; flower clusters more than 20-flowered, 1-2 cm wide; outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 4-8 mm long; pedicels 1-7 mm long, erect, spreading or decurved. Perianth purple; segments obtuse, 3.5-5 mm long; petals longer than sepals. Filaments c. 1 mm long; anthers smooth, 1.6-2 mm long; staminodes as long as or exceeding fertile filaments. Ovary globose; ovules 2 per locule; style 1.5-2.5 mm long, shorter than to exceeding anther tips. Mature seeds not seen.
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