Leaves 15-40 cm long, 0.5-1.0 cm wide. Spike 25-60 cm tall with 10-20 flowers, sometimes branched; early spring. Spathes 17-28 mm long, overlapping, papery, brown-streaked. Perianth bright red with the inner segments much paler; upper tube 26-32 mm long, narrowly cylindrical, 6-8 mm wide at mouth; segments obovate, obtuse, hooded; 10-12 mm long, 7-9 mm wide. Stamens grouped below style.

W and S Cape of Good Hope.

Other unnamed hybrids with W. borbonica, W. coccinea and W. laccata exist.

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.