[5] The species is a geophytic, perennial herb, which resprouts annually from a corm.

The flower is enclosed in a brown and maroon spathe 4 cm long.

[3] The species occurs in the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory, with a range limited to the vicinity of Darwin and the Litchfield shire including Middle Arm, Virginia, Karama, Noonamah, the Palmerston escarpment and Mandorah.

[6] Many sub-populations are under increasing pressure from development and weed incursion.

[7] It is found mainly in open woodland habitats with red-brown clay or lateritic soils,[3] typically in Eucalyptus miniata woodland on well drained soils, and on the margins of plateaus.