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Perennial, geophytic herb, 150-550 mm high. Stems unbranched. Leaves opposite, shorter than internodes, blade 15-45 x 0.5-8.0 mm, upper surface glabrescent or pilose with brown glandular hairs, lower surface glabrous, midrib pilose. Inflorescence 3-6-flowered, terminal or axillary. Flowers: pedicels 2-4 mm long; corolla erect, slightly replicate at anthesis, dorsal surface sparsely pilose with hyaline or brownish hairs, ventral greenish to pale yellow, purple-marked inside, buff-coloured outside, surface glabrous or pubescence at base; corona white, 2-3 mm high, lobes simple, scales flat, ± diamond-shaped in dorsal view, ventral surface with 2 inconspicuously longitudinal flaps folded towards centre or appendage ovate-acuminate inflexed triangular. Pollinia 0.3-0.5 mm long, germination zone inconspicuous, translators not flattened; corpusculum 0.3-0.4 mm long. Flowering time Sept.-Jan. Fruit 45-70 mm long, puberulent without bristles.
Perennial, geophytic herb, 150-550 mm high. Stems unbranched. Leaves opposite, usually shorter than internodes, blade 15-45 x 0.5-8.0 mm, glandular-hairy. Flowers: pedicels 2-4 mm long; corona 5 segments, white; lobes simple, flat scales; corpusculum inconspicuous; corolla glabrous inside, erect and sometimes slightly replicate, greenish, marked with purple inside, buff-coloured outside; Sep.-Jan.
Perennial herb, 0.15-0.55 m high. Leaves opposite. Glandular hairs present. Pedicels 2-4 mm long. Corolla glabrous inside, erect and sometimes slightly replicate. Corona of 5 segments, corona lobes simple, flat scales. Corpusculum inconspicuous. Flowers buff-coloured outside, greenish marked with purple inside; corona white.
A herb.
