Bulb 2.5-3.5 cm in diameter. Leaves 5-6, not exceeding the raceme, 12-32 mm broad, margin hairy. Scape 1-2 (-4) (including raceme) up to 45 cm long, scape mostly elongating further. Pedicel in the lower part up to 25 mm long. Perianth tube 6.5-9 mm long, campanulate, purplish, later becoming purplish green, lobes about half as long as the tube. Anther c. 1 mm long, blue or lilac. Infrutescence conical, pedicel 5-6 cm long, spreading outwards. Capsule 10-14 mm long, obovate or rarely elliptic or ovate-elliptic, tip retuse.