Babiana pilosa G.J.Lewis

Plants 100-150 mm high. Stem erect, reaching well above ground, usually unbranched, with retrorse hairs above, with thick collar of fibres enclosing base. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, on long pseudopetioles, scarcely pleated, lightly retrorse-hairy. Spike decumbent, secund, 2-to 5-flowered; bracts green with dry rust-coloured tips, with short retrorse hairs, 20-30 mm long, inner slightly shorter than outer, forked apically and acuminate. Flowers zygomorphic, magenta-pink, lower lateral tepals with pale yellow markings; perianth tube 15-18 mm long; tepals unequal, dorsal 30-34 mm long, lower 3 tepals joined to upper laterals for ± 4 mm and forming a prominent lip, 20-28 mm long. Stamens unilateral; filaments ± 15 mm long; anthers ± 6 mm long. Ovary smooth, rarely sparsely hairy on ribs; style dividing opposite middle of anthers, branches ± 5 mm long.