Plants (5--)10--25(--60) cm tall. Bulb 4--10 cm. Leaves usually 10--20 cm × 2--4 mm. Scape erect, hollow, subequaling leaves, naked. Spathe broken and pendulous at anthesis, 2--3 cm. Spike 1.5--3.5 × 0.8--1.2 cm, very densely flowered. Perianth pale purple, campanulate, 2.5--3.5 mm, persistent; lobes broadly ovate to orbicular, 1--1.2 × ca. 1.2 mm. Stamens 5.5--6.5 mm, much longer than perianth. Style 2.5--4 mm, slightly exserted. Capsule subglobose, 3--4 mm in diam., obtusely 3-angled. Seeds black, narrowly ovate, 2--2.5 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 16.

Pinus forests, thickets, grassy slopes, sandy grasslands; 2900--4800 m. S Xizang [Nepal].