Romulea flava var. flava Poir.

Corm with hard tunics split into hard, bent basal teeth. Leaves filiform, up to 1 mm in diam. Flowers (20-)25-38 mm long, magenta to pinkish lilac, drying to purple, sometimes white, with an orange-yellow cup, and often a violet-blue zone in the throat, outer segments on the backs often with 3-5 dark veins or paler lines and fine, feathered veining, or irregularly blot-ched. Style 7-14 mm long; stigmas not overtopping the anthers.