Hypoxis acuminata Baker

Perennial herb, 200-300 mm high; slender, growing singly or in tufts. Rhizome subglobose or oblong, 15-25 mm in diameter. Leaves 4-8; well developed at flowering; blade erect, firm, clasping at base to form a column spirally twisting towards apex, linear, 130-380 x 4-7 mm; veins flush with surface, 2-4 near each margin raised on upper surface; pilose on both surfaces, margins and midrib; hairs biramous, few stellate, white. Flowers: inflorescence 1-4 per plant, 2-flowered, sometimes 4-6, racemose, appearing with leaves; pedicels 4-12 mm long; perianth segments 11-20 x 3-7 mm, broadly elliptic, yellow; Sep.-Dec. Fruit a capsule, 5-8 x 4-6 mm, opening by a circular slit.