Rootstock small; roots fibrous. Leaves perennial, up to c. 10, linear, terete, ±striate on drying, 12-20 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide. Inflorescence a single, 10-15-flowered umbel; scape 24-30 cm long, occasionally branched once or twice; pedicels 11-12 mm long, articulated 4-5 mm from base, nodding in fruit. Perianth segments 11-12 mm long. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, 3 mm wide, mucronate. Petals elliptic, 6-7 mm wide; fimbriae c. 4 mm long. Stamens 3; anthers 5-6 mm long, curved, slightly twisted; filaments equal. Style curved, declinate, c. 5-6 mm long. Seeds not seen.