It is a rhizomatous herb, found both in aquatic and terrestrial habitats, sometimes submerged or growing in marshy areas. The leaves have petioles and linear-lanceolate blades with an acute or acuminate apex and a cuneate base, with entire or slightly undulated margins. Its inflorescence consists of a pedunculate spadix with a spathe limb that is open and somewhat spreading at the base, tightly spiral, and marked with brown to purple coloration, with cilia along the margin.