Tufted, perennial, insectivorous herb, up to 400 mm high. Leaves ± 30, arranged in a rosette, apetiolate, spathulate, reddish, 25 x 7 mm, hairy beneath; stipules lacerate. Flowers 2-12 on wiry scape, 150-400 mm high, curved below then erect, pink; stigmas 2-or 3-fid. Flowering time Sept.-Jan. Fruit an ovoid capsule. Seeds fusiform.
Tufted perennial to 40 cm. Leaves radical, spathulate, hairy beneath, stipules lacerate. Flowers several on wiry scape curved below then erect, pink, stigmas 2-or 3-fid.