Ixia ecklonii Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants 300-500 mm high. Corm 7-12 mm diam.; tunics of matted, ± fibrous layers. Stem with (1)2 or 3 short, wiry twisted branches 5-8 mm long, subtended by short, subacute bracts and prophylls ± 1 mm long. Leaves 3, lower 2 lanceolate, reaching to ± middle of stem, 4-8 mm wide, uppermost leaf sheathing stem almost to base of spike. Spike half nodding, 1-flowered, branches also 1-flowered; bracts membranous, dark translucent brown, 7-9 mm long, outer 3-veined and 3-toothed, inner 2-veined and 2-toothed, ± as long as outer. Flowers nodding, colour and presence of scent unknown; perianth tube narrow, flared uniformly from base, curving outward, 10-11 mm long, ± 4 mm wide at mouth; tepals ± 10 x ± 4 mm. Filaments exserted ± 1.5 mm from tube; anthers 3-4 mm long. Style dividing opposite lower 1/3 of anthers, branches ± 2 mm long.