Leaves 30–80 cm long, 2–3 cm wide. Inflorescences up to 125 cm tall, 1- or 2-branched, with 1–2 condensed 2–3-flowered clusters. Primary bracts 2.5–7.5 cm long. Flowers white with yellow blotch in basal half of sepals. Perianth tube c. 3 cm long; sepals broadly obovate, 3.8–5.0 cm long, recurved, glabrous; petals 4.5–6.0 cm long, distinctly narrower than sepals, erect, glabrous. Seeds dull brown.
Gold. Also naturalised SA. Native to Europe, where it is often found in saline conditions. Sparingly established at Campbells Creek Cemetery (near Castlemaine).
