Geissorhiza darlingensis Goldblatt

Plants 70-150 mm high. Corm ± ovoid, nearly symmetric, 5-8 mm diam.; tunics pale brown, breaking irregularly into vertical sections, drawn into points above. Stem flexed above sheath of cauline leaf and inclined, simple or with 1 or 2 branches. Leaves 3, lower 2 basal, linear, 2-3 mm wide, lowermost exceeding spike, second leaf shorter, margins and main vein much enlarged, ciliate along edges, with 2 wide grooves on each surface, sticky, often with sand adhering, uppermost leaf cauline, with inflated sheath, shorter than basal. Spike flexed at base, 2-to 5-flowered; bracts green, 10-15 mm long, ± truncate, inner smaller. Flowers actinomorphic, ± cupped, pale yellow with dark purple-black centre; perianth tube ± cylindric, 9-11 mm long, usually shortly exserted from bracts; tepals 23-26 x ± 12 mm. Filaments erect, equal, 8-9 mm long; anthers ± 5 mm long, yellow. Style dividing opposite upper third to shortly beyond anthers, branches ± 3 mm long. Capsules oblong-ellipsoid, truncate, 10-12 mm long.