Babiana torta G.J.Lewis

Plants 40-80(-120) mm high. Stem largely underground or extending up to 10 mm above ground, unbranched. Leaves lanceolate, 7-12(-18) mm wide, soft-textured, undulate, sometimes lightly crisped, twisted above middle, margins and usually only one major vein prominently thickened, lying close to upper margin, softly hairy to ± smooth, juvenile leaves ± linear and loosely coiled, prominently hairy. Spike compact, at ground level, 1-to 3(-5)-flowered; bracts green with tips drying light brown, lightly hairy, 17-20 mm long, inner ± as long or slightly longer than outer, forked in upper 1/3. Flowers zygomorphic, pale slate-blue to mauve, or white, lower lateral tepals with pale yellow to white median blotch usually edged in dark blue, sweetly scented; perianth tube 20-22 mm long; tepals unequal, dorsal 30-34 mm long, lower tepals 22-25 mm long. Stamens unilateral; filaments arched, ± 15 mm long; anthers ± 6 mm long. Ovary smooth; style dividing opposite anther apices, branches ± 2 mm long.