Annual herb up to 30 cm tall, unbranched or branching near base. Stems glabrous to glabrescent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, up to 10 x 1-2 mm. Spathes c. 12 mm long. Claw petals c. 7-8 mm long.
Growing in grassland to open wooded grassland in Kalahari Sands.
NCW1294