It bears a tall, naked stem topped with a spray of smaller stalks, each ending in a purple or blue flower.

There may be more leaves along the mostly naked stem which are similar in appearance to the leaflets on the basal leaf.

The mostly naked stem is up to 15 centimeters long and holds an inflorescence of clustered flowers.

The plant extends an erect, naked, highly branching stem which is greenish in color.

There are no leaves; the word gymnosteris comes from the Greek for "naked stem".

It has a stout naked green stem surrounded by 3 to 6 long onion leaves.

This is a perennial herb growing a mostly naked stem with leaves located basally.

There are sometimes more leaves along the mostly naked stem.

This lily is mainly one long naked stem with only one or two small leaves toward the base.

The naked stem gives the plant its common name.