Trunk none; stem branched below ground; crowns 1 to many, each a ±erect tuft. Leaves ±very depressed-cuneate or very depressed-obtrullate in T.S., 2.2-2.8 mm wide, 1-1.5 mm thick; ? green and not glaucous. Scape 30-50 cm long, 5-8 mm diam. Spike c. 1/3 as long as scape, 10-18 cm long, 14-22 mm diam. Cluster-bracts prominent, triangular to narrowly triangular, glabrous to very slightly subglabrous. Packing-bracts triangular to narrowly triangular, glabrous to very slightly subglabrous. Sepals triangular, beaked, without proboscis, glabrous. Petals reflexed, often without proboscis, glabrous except papillose hairs at apex.