This species is a
perennial herb. Its
rhizome is creeping, with a diameter of between , which is densely covered with fibrous remnants of
cataphylls. Its leaves are distally huddled, each being between long; the
petiole measuring between . Its
lamina is linear, measuring between by , and basally gradually tapers towards the petiole. Flowers are found solitary, with a decumbent
peduncle, in size, showing two bracts halfway and one at its base. The
perigone is greenish-violet to reddish; the flower's tube is
urceolate, long. It counts with 6 lobes, which are
ligulate with rounded and reflexed tips, , each with 4 thin, parallel keels which fuse with each other and basally run to the base of the tube. Its
anthers amount to 6, which are
sessile and ovoid, measuring , and are closely attached to the
pistil base. The latter is mushroom-shaped, while the
ovary is inconspicuous, with a cylindrical
style with a length of , and a hemispherical
stigma with a diameter of , the upper surface of which shows irregular furrows similar to cerebral
sulci. ==Distribution==