Ruschia karrooica (L.Bolus) L.Bolus

Shrub, ± 300 mm tall, branches ± erect. Leaves 3-sided, tip recurved, epidermis smooth. Flowers solitary, 50 mm diam., bracteoles ± midway along pedicel, petals 2-or 3-seriate, 2-3 mm broad, magenta, filamentous staminodes present, filaments purple. Fruit 5-locular, base short, funnel-shaped, top with medium high rims, covering membranes convex, closing rodlets hidden below, closing body an open hood, appearing triangular from above, expanding keels short, not touching basally.