A central tuberous taproot remains in the centre of the mat, where the original plant first matured.

The flowers are apricot coloured, each petal with a darker purple central stripe.

The stamens form a low central cone surrounded by filamentous staminodes.

[1] This threatened species is restricted to shallow rocky soils in quartz outcrops, within shale and silcrete renosterveld vegetation.

It occurs from near Swellendam in the west, to as far east as the lower Breede River and Cape Infanta.