Romulea vlokii M.p.de Vos

Plants 50-150 mm high. Corm ovoid, 5-12 mm diam., pointed below, tunics woody, split into ± straight teeth converging on basal point. Stem subterranean. Leaves 2 to 4, all evidently basal, terete, narrowly 4-grooved, ± 1 mm diam., upper leaves much smaller than lower. Peduncles up to 4, semi-terete, recurved and coiling in fruit; outer bracts green with narrow, brown-flecked, membranous margins expanding to prominent membranous tip, 15-25 mm long, closely ribbed (± 8 veins/mm), inner bracts with wide, brown-flecked membranous margins. Flowers magenta with golden-yellow cup, with or without purple blotches around cup, outer tepals blotches or feathered with purple on reverse; perianth tube funnel-shaped, 5-7 mm long; tepals obovate, 22-25 x 8-12 mm. Filaments 4-6 mm long, pilose basally, orange-yellow; anthers ± 7 mm long, yellow. Style dividing opposite anthers.