Schizocarphus Van der Merwe

Fairly robust geophytes. Bulb up to 80 mm in diameter, plate plane with a dense ring of branched roots; bulb leaves imbricate, compact, tunic fibrous. Leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, glabrous. Inflorescence many-flowered dense racemes on 1-2 erect pubescent scapes, bracts narrow. Tepals free, stellate, light blue or greenish to white. Fruit a globose capsule. Seeds ovoid, black.

Worldwide: One species from East Africa to South Africa.

Botswana: 1 taxon.