 The bracts supporting the individual flowers enclose them at their base, have a suddenly pointed tip, and are about long, and about wide, rubbery in consistency, woolly at the base and less so near the top.The perianth is 3½–5 cm (1.4–2.0 in) long and yellow in colour.The lower 1 cm (0.4 in) is fused, cylindric, and hairless.