Ixia oxalidiflora Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants 200-450 mm high. Corm 6-8(-10) mm diam., bearing broad, flattened stolons; tunics of fine netted fibres, soon decaying. Leaves 3, lower 2 narrowly sword-shaped to linear, fairly soft-textured, 6-12(-15) mm wide, margins straight and not thickened, uppermost leaf sheathing stem. Stem usually with 1 or 2 filiform, twisted lateral branches up to 12 mm long. Main spike 2-to 4-flowered, lateral spikes 1-or 2-flowered; bracts translucent, outer with 3 dark veins, 10-12 mm long, with 3 subequal acuminate tips, inner 2-veined, forked at apex. Flowers ascending to ± upright, purple-pink with white cup, unscented; perianth tube 16-22 mm long, funnel-shaped; tepals subequal, ovate, 14-18 x 6-7 mm, spreading in distal 10-12 mm. Filaments ± 4 mm long, included; anthers ± 3.5 mm long, reaching up to 0.5-2.0 mm below mouth of tube. Style dividing opposite middle of anthers, branches ± 1 mm long, extending between anthers.