Xysmalobium parviflorum Harv. ex Scott Elliot

Perennial, geophytic herb, 160-360 mm high; stems 6-22, ± erect from stem tuber. Leaves erect, lanceolate to ovate, 20-45 x 5.5-23.5 mm, base rounded, apex acute to acuminate; midvein and parallel secondary venation abaxially pronounced. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, hemispherical, 14-27 mm in diam., 9-22-flowered. Corolla erect, purple-brown to creamy green or purple; lobes elliptic-oblong, 1-3 x 1-2 mm, apex apically notched. Staminal column 0.8-1.3 mm high. Corona solid, fleshy, columnar, yellow, 1-2 mm high, 0.4-1.0 mm wide, apex blunt. Anther: appendage broadly ovate. Flowering time Oct.-Jan. Follicles narrowly ovoid, 40-80 x 7-14 mm, brown-hairy.