Hesperantha namaquana Goldblatt

Plants 80-150 mm high. Corm ovoid, with obliquely flattened side, ± 9 mm diam.; tunics dark brown, ± concentric layers fragmenting into elliptic segments. Stem unbranched, smooth. Leaves 3(4), lower 2 basal, falcate, ± half as long as stem, 3-9 mm wide, main vein and margins barely thickened, upper 1 or 2 leaves cauline and largely sheathing. Spike mostly 2-to 5-flowered; bracts (12-)15-22 mm long. Flowers diurnal, ± salver-shaped, white to pale pink, outer tepals flushed pink to red outside; perianth tube funnel-shaped, 13-17 mm long, cylindric; tepals narrowly ovate-elliptic, 10-15 mm long, spreading. Filaments ascending, ± 3 mm long; anthers ± 6 mm long, pale yellow; pollen whitish. Style branches spreading, 8-10 mm long, exceeding anthers in closed flower. Capsules ovoid, 10-15 mm long. Seeds light brown, angular.