Rootstock small; roots tuberous; tubers ellipsoidal, c. 8 mm long, 4 mm wide, 10-15 mm from stock. Leaves annual, to c. 6, filiform, tending to droop at apices, 10-15 cm long. Inflorescences 1 or 2 per plant; scape usually simple, occasionally once-branched, tending ±procumbent, ±equal to or shorter than leaves; umbels 1-5-flowered; pedicels 8-10 mm long, articulated close to base, nodding in fruit. Perianth segments c. 7 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, c. 2 mm wide, mucronate; margins broad, membranous. Petals broadly elliptic, c. 5 mm wide; fimbriae 1-1.5 mm long. Stamens 6; anthers equal, 2.5-3 mm long, dehiscing by slits. Style c. 3 mm long. Seeds spherical to ±angular, 1.5 mm diam.; aril pale straw-coloured.
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