Hesperantha karooica Goldblatt

Plants 35-100(-160) mm high. Corm ± globose, 10-14 mm diam., asymmetric with oblique flat side; tunics woody, imbricate, dark brown, outer layers V-notched on lower margins. Stem simple or 1-or 2-branched from near base. Leaves 3 or 4, all ± basal or uppermost cauline and largely sheathing, blades plane, ± falcate, ± 1/2 as long as stem, 3-4 mm wide. Spike 1-or 2-flowered; bracts green, becoming pale and membranous above, 12-15 mm long. Flowers diurnal, rotate, yellow, outer tepals shaded brown outside; perianth tube funnel-shaped, 5-7 mm long; tepals subequal, obovate-elliptic, ± 20 x 9-10 mm, widely cupped. Filaments suberect, ± 3 mm long; anthers 9-10 mm long, yellow; pollen yellow. Style branches ± 9 mm long, diverging, reaching ± middle of anthers in closed flower.