Brachystelma pulchellum flower

The maroon Brachystelma pulchellum flowers with spreading corolla lobes grow solitary or in pairs from upper nodes. The five pointed lobe tips taper and attenuate variably. These lobes can be 4 mm long and 1,5 mm wide. The corolla margin is rolled under. Calyx lobes behind the corolla are sometimes visible from the front. 

Inside the corolla there is a stalkless corona in two concentric, lobed parts, about 3 mm wide, arising from the staminal column. The purple outer corona is bowl-shaped consisting of five small pouches alternating with the anthers and below them. The inner corona consists of five thin, finger-like, purple lobes, 0,5 mm long. They lie on the backs of the anthers towards the centre. The whitish staminal column is 1 mm long. The style head bulges.

The fruit is one or two erect, spindle-shaped follicles per flower. The seeds have hairy crowns functional in wind dispersal (Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist; https://www.llifle.com).