The plant is perennial herb, showcased in gardens for its foliage and flowers. It is a bulbous herb. Leaves are dark green, fleshy, oblong, lanceolate, more than 3 ft long. Flowers in rainy season, red form of this species possess flowers pink to purple on outer side. Flowers 7-10 cm long, arranged in umbel on a long peduncle. Tepals are linear, attenuate, white inside, red outer.