Babiana lineolata Klatt

Plants 130-250 mm high. Stem erect, usually with several short lateral branches, velvety hairy. Leaves sword-shaped, 2-6(-10) mm wide, rigid, deeply pleated, finely hairy. Spike erect, secund, compact, 4-to 12-flowered; bracts green with rust-coloured attenuate tips, softly hairy, outer 7-14 mm long, inner ± 2/3 to nearly as long as outer, divided to base. Flowers zygomorphic, pale to deep blue, lower lateral tepals white to pale yellow, tipped with blue, evidently odourless; perianth tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 10-16 mm long; tepals unequal, tapering below, dorsal 18-24 mm long, lower tepals joined to upper laterals for 3-4 mm and to one another for ± 2 mm, 14-20 mm long. Stamens unilateral; filaments arched, 12-17 mm long; anthers 4.5-6.0 mm long. Ovary densely hairy; style dividing opposite middle of anthers, branches 3-4 mm long.