Plant usually 2.5-11 cm tall, occasionally to 30 cm. Leaves 3, well separated; lowest leaf filiform to linear, to 1.5 mm wide, not or scarcely dilated basally; middle leaf similar but dilated basally; upper leaf dilated, with short pointed tip. Inflorescence open; flowers 1-11, bisexual. Perianth 5-6 mm long; tepals 6, connate for a seventh to a quarter of length, pink; nectary 1 per tepal just below middle, a curved transverse band, not or scarcely raised, pink. Stamens 2/3-3/4 as long as perianth; anthers 0.7-1.3 mm long, reddish purple. Styles free.
Grows in red sand and sandy clay, often with limestone, among shrubs, principally Acacia .
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