Rootstock 1-1.5 cm diam.; roots tuberous; tubers cylindrical, 2-3 cm long, 3-4 cm from stock. Leaves 1 or 2, linear, terete, c. 10-20 cm long, somewhat glaucous, slightly fleshy, withering from apex at about flowering time. Inflorescence a single terminal 5-20-flowered umbel, occasionally a second umbel below; scape 10-17 cm long; pedicels 12-16 mm long, articulated near base, nodding in fruit. Perianth segments 9-10 mm long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 2.5 mm wide; margins white. Petals ±circular, 5-6 mm diam.; fimbriae 3-3.5 mm long. Stamens 6; 3 outer anthers 3 mm long, 3 inner 4 mm long. Style 3-4 mm long. Seeds ±ellipsoidal, c. 1.5 mm long, 1 mm diam.; aril pale yellow.
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