Ixia sobolifera subsp. sobolifera

Plants with stems slender and drooping above, branchlets mostly 1-or 2-flowered. Spike with bracts 7-9 mm long, translucent with dark veins, not turning rust-coloured above with age. Flowers slate-or grey-blue with white cup, faintly scented; perianth tube 5-6 mm long, tepals 10-12 x 4.5-5.5 mm. Filaments 2-3 mm long; anthers 4.0-4.5 mm long, uniformly yellow; style reaching or exceeding anther tips, branches 1.0-1.5 mm long.