Geissorhiza parva Baker

Plants small, 40-70(-120) mm high. Corm ovoid-conic, asymmetric, obliquely flattened toward base, flat part extending downward, 3-5 mm diam.; tunics dark brown, concentric, firm-woody, fragmenting irregularly. Stem smooth, often prostrate at base, erect above, simple or rarely branched, flexed above cauline leaf. Leaves 3 or 4, all basal or uppermost cauline, 15-20(-45) mm long, prostrate or inclined, much shorter than stem, sword-shaped to oblong, sometimes ± ovate, rarely linear, usually minutely dotted or streaked with red, acute or obtuse, margins occasionally ciliate to papillose toward apex. Spike (1)2-to 6-flowered; bracts usually red on margins, 4-6(-8) mm long, inner slightly shorter than outer. Flowers actinomorphic, rotate, creamy white to pale yellow; perianth tube 3-4 mm long, included or just exserted from bracts, gradually widening from base; tepals spreading, ± ovate, 6-8 x 2.5-3.5 mm. Filaments erect, equal, ± 2 mm long; anthers 2.0-2.5 mm long; creamy white; pollen yellow. Style dividing opposite apex of anthers, branches 1.5-2.0 mm long. Capsules globose to oblong, 3-7 mm long.