Calostemma purpureum

Bulb broadly ovoid, 2–4 cm diam. Leaves several, linear, flat, 10–60 cm long, 4–12 mm wide, developing as fruits mature. Scape cylindric, erect (becoming prostrate in fruit), to c. 50 cm high. Umbel 8–20-flowered; spathe-bracts 3, 2–7 cm long; pedicels 15–30 mm long; flower pink or purple, sometimes yellow near base, tubular in lower 4–10 mm, lobes slightly spreading, ovate, 10–15 mm long; corona 5–8 mm long, pink, truncate or shallowly lobed between stamens; free part of filaments 2–3 mm long. Capsule firm, berry-like, 5–10 mm long. Flowers Feb.–Apr.