Brachystelma pulchellum, the hairy brother

This hairy flower does not quite match the looks of Brachystelma pulchellum but nothing else could be found in the genus that resembles it as well. Long, sparse, whitish hairs occur on the attenuating dark corolla lobes spreading around the dark cup of the flower centre. The hairs continue at least into the upper parts of the corolla cup. Transverse white stripes break the dark maroon of the walls inside the upper part of the cup. The inner corona lobes face inwards on the pale staminal column but do not touch over its top.

The simple, opposite leaves on fleshy and reddish petioles also resemble those of B. pulchellum. The leaf-shape is ovate with slightly pointed tip, the margins entire. The leaf midribs and few ascending lateral veins are sunken on the upper surfaces of the dull green blades, prominent below. The blades reduce in size up the stems. The leaves are sometimes hairy. Leaf dimensions are up to 2 cm long and over half as wide (Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist; https://www.llifle.com).