Perennial herbs, dormant in summer. Corms globose with fibrous tunics. Leaves basal, linear. Stem erect, wiry. Spike more or less 2 sided. Spathes papery, truncate. Perianth tube longer than spathe, erect, straight, narrow-cylindrical; lobes equal, spreading. Stamens symmetrically arranged. Style branches entire, linear, spreading.

45 species in southern Africa.

Offsets.

Slender plants; regular flowers with cylindrical perianth tube.

Lewis (1962), de Vos (1999c).

Source: Cooke, D. (2005). Iridaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.