Babiana confusa (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants 40-80 mm high. Corm globose, up to 20 mm diam.; tunics of fairly fine fibres. Stem usually mostly underground but sometimes reaching up to 10 mm above ground, unbranched, without well-developed collar of fibres around base, bearing cormlets in underground axils. Leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate, 8-14 mm wide, sparsely hairy to smooth except on margins, often somewhat glaucous, lightly pleated to almost plane, margins usually slightly raised. Spike suberect to inclined, 2-to 6-flowered; bracts green or becoming dry in upper half, sparsely hairy, 20-35 mm long, inner slightly longer than outer, forked apically. Flowers zygomorphic, white to pale blue with pale markings edged in blue on lower lateral tepals, scent unknown; perianth tube obliquely funnel-shaped, 23-30 mm long; tepals subequal or upper 3 slightly larger, dorsal 35-40 mm long, lower tepals joined to upper laterals for 4-5 mm and to one another for ± 2.5 mm, forming prominent lip, 25-28 mm long. Stamens unilateral; filaments arched, 12-15 mm long, sometimes shortly hairy at base; anthers 8-9 mm long. Ovary smooth; style usually dividing opposite or close to anther tips, branches ± 3 mm long.