Plant: up to 12cm tall, sometimes to 40cm. Flowers erupt from the side of the tubular leaf, leaving the free tip among the flowers.

Flowers: Spikes of up to 30 cream to green flowers with reddish base uppermost.

Flowering: February to May.

Habitat: locally common in gumland scrub and winter wet clays, often with sundews and sedges. South to Nelson.

Conservation: a few scattered plants in any locality, sparse.

Notes: very similar to G. nudum but sometimes with more flowers.

Key features: the leaf extends into the flower spike flowers dominantly creamy green.