| Description |
Rootstock a corm with a rhizomatous base. Leaves linear, 10-15(-20) × up to 1 cm. Scape 15-20 cm long. Involucral bracts 2.5-3 cm long, up to 1 cm broad, whitish, tinged with purple. Umbel 7-12 flowered; flowers opening in succession. Pedicels up to 2 cm long. Perianth tube 6-8 × 2.5-3.5 mm, cylindrical in young flowers, becoming urceolate, greenish white or purplish. Perianth segments 6-10 × 2 mm, acute, in two whorls set 2-3 mm apart white, tinged with purple or green. Corona 2.5-3.5 mm long, cylindrical-campanulate, 3-lobed (often deeply so), each lobe irregulary serrate, bright yellow. |
