Ixia dieramoides Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants 350-700 mm high, with a sparse collar of fibres around stem base and green or brown cataphylls often dry distally. Corm subglobose, 9-14 mm diam., bearing small cormlets at base; tunics of fine fibres. Stem sometimes inclined, often nodding above, with 1 to 3 short lateral branchlets up to 10 mm long, occasionally unbranched, bracts and prophylls subtending branchlets lanceolate to attenuate 3-8 mm long, silvery-translucent. Leaves 3, lower 2 linear, leathery, reaching between middle and upper 1/3 of stem, ± 1.2-2.0 mm wide, loosely twisted in upper 1/2, main vein not evident when alive, slightly raised when dry and lying closer to abaxial margin. Spike with main axis (1)2-or 3(4)-flowered, lateral branchlets 1-or 2-flowered; bracts translucent, (8-)9-11 mm long, outer 3-veined and 3-toothed, inner sometimes slightly longer than outer, 2-veined and 2-toothed. Flowers half nodding, pale mauve-blue to watery lilac or ± violet with pale yellow cup, often sweetly scented; perianth tube 13-18(-22) mm long, widening ± uniformly from base, 5-6 mm diam. at mouth; tepals ovate, outer 13-18 x 7-9 mm, inner 11-14 x 5-8 mm, ascending below. Filaments 3-6 mm long, included or rarely barely exserted ± 1 mm from tube, included in floral cup; anthers 2.5-3.5 mm long, yellow, exserted or bases included. Style dividing opposite lower to middle 1/3 of anthers, branches 1-2 mm long, when fully extended not reaching anther tips.