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Description:
Plants 200–350 mm high, forming rounded cushions. Stems compressed, winged below, angled above, mostly 2- or 3-branched, branches crowded near apex. Leaves linear to sword-shaped, 3–4 mm wide, slightly shorter than stems, firm. Flower clusters 2–4, lateral clusters on short branches and mostly concealed by a subtending leafy bract, each 4–8-flowered; spathes dry and translucent with a narrow green or brown keel, margins closely fringed and rust-brown, 11–14 mm long, bracts entirely translucent smaller than spathes. Flowers blue, on pedicels 2–3 mm long; tepals obovate, 15–20 × 8–9 mm. Filaments ± 5 mm long; anthers ± 3 mm long. Ovary 3-winged, 4–5 mm long; style ± 8 mm long, minutely 3-notched. Capsules oblong in outline, broadly 3-winged, 12–15 mm long. Seeds lamellate, up to 4 per locule, mature seeds not known. Flowering time: December and January.
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