Disa brevicornis

Disa brevicornis, previously known as Monadenia brevicornis, is a tuberous perennial that annually regrows its above-ground parts to heights ranging from 20 cm to 60 cm.

The narrowly lance-shaped leaves are longest at the base where they clasp the stem, about 8 cm long. They decrease in size up the stem, sometimes red on their margins that are entire and taper to acutely pointed tips.

The species distribution is large and diverse, ranging from the Western Cape from near Knysna, the Eastern Cape, the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal to Mpumalanga, Limpopo and tropical Africa as far as Malawi and Madagascar.

The habitat is mainly open grassland up to elevations around 2500 m, and some fynbos in the south. The habitat population is deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Liltved and Johnson, 2012; Pooley, 1998; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; www.pacificbulbsociety.org; http://redlist.sanbi.org).