Hypoxis longifolia Baker

Perennial herb, 200-350 mm high; slender, growing singly. Rhizome turbinate, 40-52 x 35-50 mm. Leaves 4-6(-8), well developed at flowering, clasping at base to form a narrow false stem; blade filiform, 150-500 x 2-4 mm, ribbed, veins 4-6, near-glabrous or with few hairs, margins and midrib on lower surface outlined in white by a thickened band of squat hairs (ciliate); hairs stellate. Flowers: inflorescence 2-4 per plant, 4-or 5-flowered, racemose, appearing with leaves; pedicels 11-30 x 0.5-1.0 mm; perianth segments 10-14 x 4-6 mm, broadly elliptic, yellow; Aug.-May. Fruit a capsule, 4-7 x 3-5 mm, opening by a circular slit.

Grassy slopes and rocky outcropa, grassland, savannah; at elevations up to 700 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.