Herbs perennial, fairly stout. Leaves ligulate. Umbel several flowered; bracts linear; involucres 2. Pedicel very short. Perianth subsalverform; tube slightly curved, ; lobes white, often tinged with red, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, apex shortly acuminate. Filaments shorter than perianth; anther linear.

Glucan A and phosphatidyllycorine; Z-epilycorine and 2-epipancrassidine (pedicel)

Rubefacient in rheumatism (crushed and roasted bulbs); in earache, prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia and polycystic ovary syndrome (leaf juice); for stomachache and veterinary fever (bulbs); allergic conditions (plant extract).

Sharma PV. Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.