Description Plants of this species arise from short, stout, black rootstocks. Both are solid and bluntly triangular. Scapes number between 10 and 15. Culms bear four to six leaves. Blades are light green and flat or channeled.
Sheaths are thin with a ventral pattern of cross wrinkles.
Red spots occur near the mouth of the sheath. Male flowers are located above the female flowers on the spike. Bracts vary in width but do not terminate with a needlelike tip. Ovaries are surrounded by a sac called a perigynium. The perigynia are light green to yellowish brown in color.