Watsonia dubia Eckl.

Plants (150-)250-400 mm high. Corm subglobose, 20-30 mm diam.; tunics coarsely netted. Stem erect, simple or with 1 to 3 short, ascending branches. Leaves 4 to 6, mostly ± basal with uppermost partly sheathing stems below, 2/3 to as long as spike, narrowly lanceolate to linear, (3-)6-12 mm wide, midrib and margins moderately thickened and hyaline; bract-like cauline leaves 2 or more. Spike 7-to 14-flowered; bracts slightly diverging, dry and brown distally or throughout at flowering, (25-)30-50(-70) mm long, inner slightly shorter to longer, minutely forked apically. Flowers zygomorphic, pale to deep pink with dark maroon streak near base of each tepal; perianth tube slender and weakly funnel-shaped, lower part 26-35(-40) mm long, usually enclosed in bracts, upper part flaring slightly and suberect or nearly horizontal, 5-8 mm long, ± 6 mm diam. at mouth; tepals spreading, obovate to oblanceolate, 24-30 x 9-15 mm. Filaments unilateral and declinate, 6-10 mm long; anthers 8-10 mm long, dark purple. Style arching below stamens, dividing between base and apex of anthers, branches 2-3 mm long. Capsules oblong, 16-25 x 4-9 mm long. Seeds unknown.