The inflorescence can be observed in July and August, and usually consists of a single cylindrical spike 30–40 cm tall, occasionally forked.

[2] The species is named after Alice Marguerite Pegler (1861-1929), a botanist and naturalist who collected at first around Kentani, and later in the vicinity of Johannesburg and Rustenburg.

Her failing eyesight and health led her to confine her attention to algae and fungi.

This species is endemic to South Africa, where it only occurs in Gauteng and the North West Province.

It is listed as endangered and is rapidly declining in the wild, primarily due to habitat destruction and illegal collecting.