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Herbs, perennial, scapose or subscapose, bulbose; bulbs often stoloniferous, tunicate, papery to coriaceous; tunics variously hairy or glabrous adaxially. Leaves 2–6(–12), cauline, alternate, reduced distally; blade linear to oblong, somewhat fleshy. Inflorescences 1(–4)-flowered, bracts usually absent. Flowers: perianth campanulate to cup-shaped; tepals caducous, 6, distinct, often blotched near base, petaloid, ± equal; nectaries absent; stamens 6, distinct; filaments shorter than tepals, basally dilated; anthers basifixed, linear to narrowly elliptic, introrse; ovary superior, 3-locular; style very short or absent; stigma prominently 3-lobed. Fruits capsular, ellipsoid to subglobose, 3-angled, leathery, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds many, in 2 rows per locule, flat. x = 12.
Tep 6, essentially alike, separate, erect or ascending at anthesis to form a campanulate or stoutly cylindric fl; stamens 6, filaments shorter than the perianth; anthers oblong-linear, introrse, basifixed; ovules numerous; style short or virtually wanting; capsule loculicidal; perennial herbs from coated bulbs, bearing an erect stem with a few oblong to linear lvs and a large erect, usually solitary fl. 100, temp. Eurasia.
