Wachendorfia multiflora (Klatt) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

Rhizomatous perennial herb, 0.1-0.4 m tall, usually dwarf, 0.1-0.2 m. Rhizome small globose-ovoid, oblong, 5-25 mm in diameter. Leaves annual, erect or spreading, linear to lanceolate, usually falcate and longer than inflorescence, blue-green, softly hairy, up to 360 x 25 mm. Leaf anatomy: palisade layer one cell thick; cuticle with intermediate lignification; sclerenchyma caps well developed; subsidiary cells rectangular; mucilage canals small. Culm short (usually less than 0.2 m); culm, peduncles and pedicels covered in short glandular hairs. Inflorescence a very short, dense panicle; peduncles very short, densely clustered on axis. Bracts herbaceous, green, erect, often produced beyond the flowers. Tepals dull yellow, fading brownish purple, segments narrow, 15-25 x 3-6 mm, upper segments usually broader than the rest, lowermost tepal isolated. Stamens: two thirds length of tepals, 10-12 mm long; anthers 1.5-2.0 x 0.5 mm. Style: two-thirds length of tepals, 11 mm long. Fruit a dry capsule, broader than long, 6-7 x 11-14 mm; carpels obtuse, covered in glandular hairs. Seeds globose, coarsely hairy, 2-4 mm in diameter.