Babiana leipoldtii G.J.Lewis

Plants 100-180 mm high. Stem usually erect or slightly inclined, often branched, velvety-hairy. Leaves lanceolate, pleated, hairy, usually reaching to ± base of spike. Spike erect or inclined, 4-to 8-flowered; bracts green with dry, rust-coloured tips, velvety, 20-35 mm long, inner slightly shorter than outer, divided to base. Flowers actinomorphic, blue-violet, somewhat darker in centre, lower tepals sometimes with small red markings in lower 1/3, usually lightly scented of violets; perianth tube funnel-shaped, flared in upper half, 15-20 mm long, walls thick and tightly enclosing style below; tepals subequal, spreading, 25-30 mm long, oblong-ovate. Stamens symmetrically arranged; filaments erect, surrounding style, 7-9 mm long; anthers linear, 6-8 mm long, white or yellow. Ovary densely hairy above; style dividing between base and middle of anthers, branches ± 4 mm long, expanded at tips.