Leaves linear, 3-8 cm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, channelled, becoming cylindrical near tip. Flowers bell-shaped, pale yellow, fragrant; early spring. Perianth tube 12-24 mm long; segments obovate, obtuse, 15-20 mm long, the outer ones sometimes marked with purple. Stigmas fringed, far exceeding the spreading anthers.
Cape Province.
Source: (2005). Iridaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Galaxia fugacissima)
