Hypoxis rigidula var. rigidula Nel

Perennial herb, 600-700 mm high; slender, growing singly or in tufts. Rhizome oblong-globose, 40-90 x 30-50 mm. Leaves 4-12, clasping at base to form false stem, usually recurving apically, rigid, whip-or strap-like; blade linear, 320-800 x (4-)7-20 mm; veins of uneven thickness with 3-5 near each margin raised on upper surface; sparsely to densely hairy, dense on margins and on lower surface of midrib (ciliate); hairs biramous or stellate, white. Flowers: inflorescence 2-5 per plant, 3-9-flowered (2 in first inflorescences of new season), racemose or spicate; pedicels subsessile or short, 8-16 x 1.0-1.5; perianth segments 8-20 x 3-6 mm, broadly elliptic, yellow; Sep.-Mar. Fruit a capsule, 5-8 x 3-5 mm, opening by a circular slit.