| Field notes | Clumping plant to 60 cm tall. Roots with tubers. Tubers 2-4 cm x 0.8-1.3 cm with pungent smell. Pseudostems to 60 cm. Leaf sheath green - stipule 3 mm, leaf-petiole 3 mm. Blade 17 x 2 cm. Inflo. from rhizome. Inflo. 13 cm tall.. Stalk 9 cm with large bracts to 3 cm reddish. Flower 4-5 cm. Basal bracts 2.5 x 2.7 cm. Apical bracts 3 x 2 cm glaborous. Color magenta pink. Leaves with pungent odor |