Hesperantha lithicola J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

Plants (40-)80-200(-290) mm high. Corm bell-shaped with flat base, 7-10 mm diam.; tunics breaking into segments below, margins fringed and often with radiating spines. Stem unbranched or rarely with one branch from near base. Leaves 4, lower 2 basal, suberect or falcate, often undulate or loosely coiled, (30-)50-100(-160) x 1-2 mm, main vein prominently raised and margins squared and minutely scabrid along both edges, uppermost leaf entirely sheathing. Spike 1-to 4-flowered; bracts green, flushed reddish, becoming dry apically, 11-20 mm long. Flowers salver-shaped, crepuscular, white, outer tepals red outside, with rosy citrus fragrance; perianth tube 10-12 mm long, cylindric, wider near apex; tepals subequal, elliptic, spreading, 10-15 x 4.0-6.5 mm, outer slightly larger than inner. Filaments slightly diverging, 3-5 mm, exserted 2-3 mm from tube; anthers horizontal, ± 6 mm long, pale yellow. Style branches 4.0-5.5 mm long. Capsules ellipsoid, 9-10 x 4 mm. Seeds subglobose, golden-brown, 1.0-1.5 mm diam., rugose, testa cells domed.