Habranthus robustus Herb.

Bulbs globose, about 3 cm. thick; tunics dark-brown to almost black; collar to 4 cm long, stoloniferous. Leaves succeeding the flowers, linear, obtuse, slightly channelled, 10 to 30 cm long, 5 to 10 mm wide, green, somewhat glacous. Scape one-flowered, 10 to 15 cm long, rather stout. Spathe tubular, about 4 cm long, bifid along the upper third which is inserted 6 to 8 cm from the top of the stalk. Perianth funnel-shaped, limb 6 cm long, 8 to 10 cm wide, light pink with white. Tip of the segments carmine, oblaneeolate. Perianth outside toward the base greenish colored. Tube 2 to 4 mm long, 5 mm wide. Filaments declinate, two longest 4 cm, two shortest about 2 cm long, the remaining intermediate. Anthers half-moon shaped, 4 to 5 cm long. Style 5 cm long, lobes of the stigma 3 mm in length, recurved. Capsule 2 cm thick, 3-lobed. Seeds 8 mm long, 5 mm thick, thin unevenly winged.

Grown as an ornamental.

Can be grown by seedlings.