Geissorhiza minuta Goldblatt

Plants 30-80(-120) mm high. Corm globose, symmetric, 5-6 mm diam.; tunics blackish, imbricate, notched into regular segments below. Stem flexed above sheath of uppermost leaf and at base of spike, occasionally with 1 branch from base. Leaves 3, lower 2 basal, uppermost basal or inserted shortly above ground, longer or shorter than lower leaves, blades, linear, ± as long as spike, ± 1 mm wide, margins and main vein thickened, thus 2-grooved on each surface, uppermost leaf sheathing lower 2/3 of stem, sheath ribbed and slightly inflated. Spike flexuose, inclined, 2-to 6-flowered; bracts green, upper margins often red, becoming dry and brownish from the apex with age, 4-5 mm long, inner ± as long as outer. Flowers actinomorphic, rotate, white, outer tepals flushed light to dark purple outside; perianth tube funnel-shaped, ± l mm long, enclosed in bracts; tepals elliptic, 7-8 x ± 2.5 mm. Filaments erect, equal, 2-3 mm long; anthers 2-3 mm long, pale yellow. Style dividing shortly beyond apex of anthers, branches ± 1.5 mm long.