Ixia pumilio Goldblatt & Snijman

Plants mostly 120-160 mm high. Corm 7-12 mm diam.; tunics of fine netted fibres. Stem simple or with 1, rarely 2 or 3 short branches subtended by dry, attenuate, translucent bracts and prophylls ± 3 mm long. Leaves 3 or 4, upper 1 or 2 partly sheathing stem, blades narrowly sword-shaped to sublinear, reaching to base or middle of spike, 2-5 mm wide, main vein slightly thickened. Spike elongate, mostly 6-to 10-flowered, branches with fewer flowers; bracts dry-membranous, pale brown, mostly 8-9 mm long, outer with prominent central vein, acute or obscurely 3-toothed, inner 2-veined and forked apically, usually slightly exceeding outer. Flowers ± erect, old rose-coloured to brick-red, with conspicuously darker veins, unscented; perianth tube funnel-shaped, widening in upper half, 8-10 mm long; tepals subequal, ovate-oblong, 11-13(-16) x 5.5-6.0 mm, spreading horizontally. Filaments 5-6 mm long, exserted ± 3 mm from tube; anthers 4.0-5.5 mm long, yellow. Style dark purple, dividing opposite middle of anthers, branches ± 1.5 mm long, ovary surface minutely warty.