It is a cormous perennial growing to  tall, with linear leaves and in late summer, numerous fragrant white flowers with a maroon (occasionally orange) blotch in the throat, on slender nodding stems.
The plant is a cormous perennial that reaches up to tall, featuring linear leaves. In late summer, it produces numerous fragrant white flowers with a maroon (sometimes orange) spot in the center, atop slender stems that hang downward.