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Description:
Plants 150–550 mm high, usually solitary or forming small tufts. Rhizome compact and corm-like, 5–10 mm diam. Stem consisting of basal internode only, subterete to linear and elliptic in section, 0.5–1.5 mm diam., striate when dry but without stomatiferous furrows. Foliage leaves 2–6 in a basal tuft, shorter than flowering stem, linear or subterete, often twisted, 0.5–2 mm wide, striate. Rhipidia 1 (rarely 2 or 3), subtended by erect, leaf-like bract, usually shorter than rhipidia, 15–65 mm long; spathes grey-green, outer 7–16 mm long, inner 25–45 mm long; pedicels subglabrous or sparsely pubescent. Flowers yellow, sometimes speckled near base, often flushed reddish on reverse; tepals free or connate at base, elliptic, outer 17–26 × 8–13 mm, inner slightly smaller. Filaments 3.5–6 mm long; anthers ± 6 mm long. Ovary shortly exserted, smooth; style 1.5–3 mm long, branches 4–6 mm long. Capsules broadly obovoid, smooth, 8–12 mm long. Chromosome number 2n = 20. Flowering time: Sept.–Dec.
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