Trunk none; stem branched below ground; crowns many, each a ±erect tuft. Leaves depressed-cuneate, often concave in T.S., 1.9-3.5 mm wide, 1-1.5 mm thick, green, not glaucous. Scape 30-60 cm long, 3-8 mm diam. Spike 0.2-0.5 times as long as scape, 5-12 cm long, 7-20 mm diam. Cluster-bracts sometimes prominent, shortly acute to triangular, distal 1/3 glabrous to sparsely fringed with hairs, proximally subglabrous to densely hairy. Packing-bracts shortly acute to acute, subglabrous to hirsute. Sepals shortly acute, beaked, sometimes with proboscis, glabrous to moderately hirsute. Petals recurved, sometimes with proboscis, glabrous except papillose hairs at apex.
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