| Description |
Bulb ovoid to spherical, 1-2 × 0.7-1 cm. Sheath 2.7-3.5 × 0.4-0.6 cm. Vernation applanate. Leaves linear to very narrowly oblanceolate (very slightly broader in the middle to upper third), at flowering (3.5-)5.5-8(-11) × (0.2-)0.3-0.5 cm, after flowering developing to 8-16 × (0.2-)0.3-0.7 cm, usually erect at maturity, and often curved outwards; midrib conspicuous; margins flat; apex acute to acute-obtuse, flat to hooded; surfaces smooth; upper and lower surfaces the same colour, glaucous (grey to blue-grey), matt. Scape 7-14 cm long, glaucescent to glaucous. Pedicel 18-30 mm long. Outer perianth segments obovate to narrowly obovate, or elliptic, 10-20(-23) × 4-7 mm, slightly unguiculate. Inner perianth segments obovate to oblanceolate or obtriangular, 7-10 × 4-5 mm, each segment with a sinus and an apical V-shaped green mark; inner face of each segment with a faint green mark covering half or the entire segment. Anthers tapering to a long point. Capsule spherical, 5-10 mm in diameter. Seeds pale brown, c. 4 mm long. Flowering period spring (March to May). |
