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Bulbs ellipsoid to ovoid, 2-4.2 × 1.2-3.5 cm diam.; rhizome generally unnoticeable. Leaves 4-7, 14-75 cm × 1.5-3.5 mm, shorter than raceme. Scape 55-87 cm. Racemes loose, 55-220-flowered, 11.5-35 cm, flowers well separated along axis. Flowers: tepals green, elliptic to narrowly ovate or obpandurate, 2-3.2 mm, fleshy, margins entire; auricles sometimes present; filaments subulate, 1.5 times tepal length. Capsules 2-3-locular, ovoid, 7.5-11 × 3.2-5.5 mm. Seeds 1-3 per locule, 4-6.3 × 1.3-1.8 mm. 2n = 16. Flowering spring--early summer. Sandy, moderately to well-drained soils in dry pineland and sandhills; 0--100 m; Fla.