A bulb-forming herbaceous perennial plant, growing to 30-50 cm tall. The bulbs are slender conical, 2-3 cm long and 1 cm broad, and grow in dense clusters from the roots. The leaves are hollow tubular, up to 50 cm long, and 2-3 mm in diameter, with a soft texture, although, prior to the emergence of a flower from a leaf, it may appear stiffer than usual. The flowers are pale purple, star-shaped with six tepals, 1-2 cm wide, and produced in a dense inflorescence of 10-30 together; before opening, the inflorescence is surrounded by a papery bract. The seeds are produced in a small three-valved capsule, maturing in summer.

Digestive, hypotensive and tonic (whole plant)

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Allyl-disulphide, allyl-mercaptan, octacosanol, oxalic acid (plant); alpha-linolenic acid, arginine, ascorbic acid, aspartic acid, beta-carotene, caffeic acid, citric acid, ferulic acid, fumaric acid, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, kaempferol, leucine, linoleic acid, malic acid, methionine, myristic acid, niacin, oleic acid, p-coumaric acid, palmitic acid, pantothenic acid, phenylalanine, quercetin, riboflavin, stearic acid, succinic acid, thiamin, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine (leaf)

Improves the appetite, beneficial effect on the circulatory system, acting upon it by lowering the blood pressure (whole plant)