Herb with stems hardly exserted; bulbs ovoid, 1–3 cm long, pointed, tunics blackish-brown, rigid, gummy; bulbils formed on rhizome. Leaves crowded at apex of rhizome, 3-foliolate; leaflets sessile, broad-obovate to rhombic, 5–45 mm long, 5–50 mm wide, rounded or sometimes emarginate, green and glabrous above, often purplish below with many translucent dots and streaks that dry black, pubescent or with hairs confined to nerves, margins ciliate; petioles 1–17 cm long, usually densely villous; stipules membranous, to c. 4 mm long, abruptly tapering into petiole. Inflorescences basal, 1-flowered; peduncles shorter than or scarcely exceeding leaves, usually pilose. Sepals lanceolate, 5–8 mm long, striate with translucent lines, ciliate, calli absent; petals 10–40 mm long, pink to purple, sometimes white or yellow at base. Capsule not developed in Australia. Flowers mainly Apr.–Nov.