[1] Species of Alrawia grow from bulbs covered with a tunic that is grayish outside and often violet inside.

They produce a single flowering stem (scape); the inflorescence consists of a raceme.

[3] The tepals are violet with whitish lobe tips and are joined at the base for up to half their length.

[4] The pedicels lengthen and turn upwards after flowers are fertilized; the black seeds are globular or ovate.

They are said to be easy to cultivate in a bulb frame or alpine house but not to increase readily.