Babiana salteri G.J.Lewis

Plants 70-100 mm high. Stem reaching shortly above ground, usually with 1 to 3 short branches, shortly hairy above, base enclosed by thick fibrous collar. Leaves lanceolate-oblong with blades held ± at right angles to sheaths and stem, pleated, minutely hairy, mostly 20-40 mm long. Spike compact, 2-ranked, 5-to 10-flowered; bracts green with dry tips, lightly hairy, 10-13 mm long, inner ± as long as outer, divided to base. Flowers zygomorphic, pale blue-mauve with white to yellow markings on lower lateral tepals; perianth tube funnel-shaped, ± 9 mm long; tepals unequal, tapering toward base, dorsal ± 23 mm long, lower 3 tepals joined to upper laterals for short distance and to one another for ± 2 mm, 13-15 mm long. Stamens unilateral; filaments ± 1.3 mm long; anthers ± 7 mm long. Ovary densely hairy; style dividing opposite middle of anthers, branches ± 3 mm long.