These plants were growing in a wet, drainage section of a shale barrens. They ranged to 70 cm tall with keeled leaves near the plant’s base; avg. leaf widths 4.5 mm; bulbs with fibrous, mat-like coverings; inflorescences lacking bulblets; inflorescence bracts with up to 8 nerves; largest inflorescences with 120-135 flowers on pedicels about 2.5 cm long; flowers pink with lavender highlights.