Ixia rivulicola Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Plants 450-800 mm high. Corm subglobose, with 1-few cormlets at base; tunics of submembranous fibres soon disintegrating. Leaves 3(4 or 5), lower 2 to 4 narrowly sword-shaped to linear, 3-7 mm wide, margins moderately thickened, straight, usually ± 1/3-1/2 as long as stem, uppermost leaf sheathing stem, penultimate leaf often sheathing in lower half. Stem with 3 to 5 straight, filiform lateral branchlets mostly held at ± 30° to main axis. Main spike mostly 2-or 3-flowered; lateral spikes 1-or 2-flowered; bracts translucent, mostly ± 8 mm long, outer with 2 dark veins, inner with 2 dark veins, forked apically. Flowers ascending to nearly horizontal, white with pale yellow cup, with strong fruity scent; perianth tube funnel-shaped, 8-9 mm long; tepals subequal, 17-18 x 5.0-7.5 mm, proximal 3-4 mm forming part of floral cup, spreading at right angles to tube distally. Filaments 3-4 mm long, included; anthers 4.5-5.5 mm long, lower 1/2 included in tube. Style dividing opposite upper 1/3 of anthers, branches ± 0.8 mm long, extending between anthers.