Babiana geniculata G.J.Lewis

Plants 20-60 mm high. Stem reaching just above ground, usually unbranched, velvety-hairy, enclosed below in thick collar of fibres. Leaves lanceolate, pleated, usually inclined toward ground, velvety-hairy. Spike compact, decumbent, 4-to 9-flowered; outer bract 25-35 mm long, green with dry acuminate apices, densely hairy, inner 1/2-2/3 as long, forked in upper 1/3. Flowers zygomorphic, violet, lower lateral tepals with white median streaks, unscented; perianth tube 35-45 mm long, cylindric, sharply bent near apex; tepals unequal, dorsal 23-29 mm long, lower tepals joined to upper laterals for ± 3 mm and to one another for 2-3 mm, forming a prominent lip, 15-22 mm long. Stamens unilateral; filaments arcuate, diverging distally, 13-15 mm long; anthers ± 7 mm long, held widely apart. Ovary hairy above base; style dividing opposite middle of filaments, branches slender 11-13 mm long.