Romulea jugicola M.p.de Vos

Plants (50-)100-200(-300) mm high. Corm ovoid, 6-15 mm diam., oblique with crescent-shaped basal ridge, tunics woody, with clusters of converging fibrils on ridge. Stem aerial, exserted up to 200 mm, branching near apex, glabrous or ciliate on angles in upper part. Leaves 2 or 3, lower 1 basal, terete, narrowly 4-grooved, 0.5-1.5 mm diam., pubescent or villous on margins of median ribs, cauline leaves clustered near top of stem. Peduncles up to 3, terete, glabrous or ciliolate on angles, suberect or slightly spreading in fruit; outer bracts green with narrow colourless membranous margins, 12-20 mm long, striate (5 to 7 veins/mm), inner bracts with wide brown-flecked membranous margins. Flowers orange with small yellow cup, outer tepals greenish or reddish on reverse; perianth tube funnel-shaped, 4-6 mm long; tepals oblanceolate, 15-30 x 6-12 mm. Filaments included in cup, 6-7 mm long, pilose basally, yellow; anthers 4-6 mm long, apically connate when young, yellow. Style dividing near anther apices. Capsules oblong, 10-15 mm long.