GEISSORHIZA CORRUGATA

This member of the Iridaceae family was given this name by Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt in 1882. It is found in Calvinia in western South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun for the leaves to curl. The caudex can grow to one centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to five centimetres in height. The flowers are bright yellow.

The genera name fro Latin Geisso; 'like a cornice' and rhiza; 'root'.

The species name from Latin corrugate; 'to form or shape into wrinkles or folds or into alternating ridges and grooves'. The exposed bulb from Myhomenature.com.