Ixia flagellaris Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants 150-330 mm high, stem simple, rarely with 1 branch. Corm small, up to 10 mm diam., bearing stolons up to 50 mm long from base, with a large terminal cormlet up to 5 mm diam., tunics finely fibrous to moderately coarse. Leaves 4, uppermost sheathing for most of its length, foliage leaves with blades narrowly sword-shaped to falcate, ± 1/3 as long as stem, mostly 2-4 mm wide, main vein prominent, margins slightly thickened. Spike mostly 5-9-flowered; bracts translucent with purple veins, 3-4 mm long, outer 3-veined, acutely 3-toothed, inner slightly shorter than outer, 2-veined and 2-toothed. Flowers evidently zygomorphic, nodding with tepals vertical, pink, throat and tepal bases yellow edged with deep pink; perianth tube filiform, ± 3 mm long; tepals ovate, ± 9.0 x 4.5 mm. Stamens evidently unilateral; filaments slightly flattened, ± 2 mm long; anthers oblong-orbicular, ± 3 mm long, yellow, thecae recurved and acute at base, splitting incompletely from base. Style dividing at base of filaments, branches ± 1.8 mm long, falcate, slender. Flowering time: Oct. and Nov.