Perennial herbs; rootstock tuberous. Leaves sessile, linear. Flowers in dense, spherical pedunculate umbels.
Corolla 5-lobed; lobes ± erect. 
Corona 5-lobed; lobes spathulate, erect, with a transverse ridge or flap. Follicles narrowly fusiform.  Worldwide: 4 species in southern Africa Mozambique: 1 taxon.  | 
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