Babiana nervosa (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants 120-200 mm high. Stem slender, suberect to flexed outward, velvety, simple or branched. Leaves sword-shaped to almost linear, 4-7(-11) mm wide, fairly rigid and deeply pleated, shortly hairy. Spike ± erect or weakly flexed, 4-to 9-flowered; bracts green with dry and brown apices, mostly 8-12(-15) mm long, inner divided to base. Flowers weakly zygomorphic, mauve to violet-blue, white or pale yellow, often with contrasting marks at base of lower tepals, apparently unscented or lightly violet-scented; perianth tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 8-18 mm long, widening in upper 3-4 mm; tepals subequal, 15-25 mm long. Stamens unilateral; filaments weakly arched or erect, 8-13 mm long; anthers arrow-shaped with broad connective wider at base, 4-7 mm long, usually dark blue-black. Ovary hairy; style usually dividing below anther bases, branches 3-4 mm long, expanded toward tips.

Can be grown by seedlings.