Ixia divaricata Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants 300-500 mm high. Corm subglobose, tunics of medium-textured, netted fibres, bearing 1-few sessile cormlets at base. Leaves 3 to 5, lower 2 to 4 narrowly sword-shaped to linear, (1.5-)3.0-5.0 mm wide, margins moderately thickened, hyaline when dry, straight, usually ± 1/3-1/2 as long as stem, uppermost 1 or 2 leaves sheathing stem. Stem with (1-)3 straight lateral branches mostly held at 30-45(-50)° to main axis, filiform, bearing flowers in upper half. Main spike 4-to 7-flowered, lateral spikes (1-)3-to 5-flowered; bracts translucent, outer with 3 dark veins, mostly 6-7 mm long, inner with 2 dark veins and forked apically. Flowers upright, whitish or pale to deep pink or light purple with pale yellow cup, unscented or with faint sweet scent; perianth tube funnel-shaped, 8-11 mm long; tepals subequal, 11-14 x 5.5-7.0 mm, proximal 3-4 mm forming part of floral cup, subpatent. Filaments erect, 4-5 mm long, distal 1-2 mm exserted from tube, rarely reaching only to top of tube, inserted ± 5 mm above tube base; anthers 4.0-5.5 mm long, fully exserted from tube, tips exserted from floral cup. Style dividing opposite middle of anthers, branches 1-2 mm long, extending between anther.