Ixia paucifolia G.J.Lewis

Plants 120-300 mm high. Corm 12-15 mm diam.; tunics of hard, coarse, netted fibres. Stem simple or with 1(2) ± straight branches subtended by pale, membranous, subacute to attenuate bracts and prophylls 2-5 mm long. Leaves 3, lower 2 basal, falcate, mostly 3-5 mm wide, margins moderately thickened, lowermost leaf usually wider and longer than next, uppermost leaf sheathing lower 1/2 of stem. Main spike mostly 4-to 10-flowered, lateral spikes 2-to 4-flowered; bracts pale and membranous, (6-)8-9 mm long, outer 3-veined and 3-dentate, inner ± 1 mm longer than outer, 2-veined, 2-toothed. Flowers beige to creamy white, often flushed purple outside, unscented; perianth tube 24-34 mm long, slender and cylindric, divided inside into 3 compartments by decurrent filaments; tepals oblong, 11-15 x 3.0-4.5 mm, spreading at right angles to tube. Filaments ± 3 mm long, exserted ± 2 mm from tube; anthers ± 4 mm long. Style dividing shortly below or opposite anther tips, branches ± 1 mm long, arching above anther tips, minutely forked.