Plants tufted, bulbous, to c. 30 cm high. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 20–50 cm long, 7–15(–25) mm wide. Inflorescence 6–12-flowered, secund, apex drooping; pedicels 4–10 mm long. Flowers becoming pendant, scented; perianth cylindrical-campanulate, violet-blue, rarely pink or white; tepals oblong-lanceolate, 15–20 mm long, recurved at apex; stamens unequal, outer inserted near middle of perianth, inner near base; anthers cream coloured. Flowers spring.
VVP, GipP, OtP, CVU, HSF, HNF, VAlp. Native to western Europe, widely cultivated, occasionally escaping gardens in Victoria.
