Perennial, geophytic herb, 100-340 mm high; stems 1-7, erect. Leaves erect, congested, glabrous, linear-lanceolate, 50-160 x 3-23 mm, base cuneate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, globose, 4-12 per plant, 4-8-flowered. Corolla reflexed, greenish mauve or-yellow; lobes oblong, margins revolute, apex notched, 6.5-8.0 x 3.5-4.5 mm. Staminal column 3-4 mm, not stipitate. Corona columnar, cream-coloured, 3-4 mm high, 2-4 mm broad, upper end blunt, ± level with style-stigma-head, inner surface keeled. Anther wings on upper 1/3 of staminal column. Style-stigma-head truncate. Flowering time Dec.-Mar. Follicle solitary, obliquely ovoid, inflated, 35-72 x 18.0-27.5 mm, shortly spiny.
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Erect, leafy perennial to 50 cm; sap milky. Leaves opposite, linear, acute, crisped along margins. Flowers greenish, petals glabrous.
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