Cyphia bulbosa

This geophyte grows to be up to 12–30 cm (4.7–11.8 in) tall.^[3] The leaves are mostly basal and grade into bracts up the stem.^[4] The deeply dissected leaves have a palmatisect or palmatifid shape and are paler on the underside.^[4][5]

Flowers are present between August and November. They range from white to mauve in colour and are borne in racemes.^[4] Each flower is 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long and is surrounded by a toothed or lobed bract.^[4][5] As with other species in the genus, the style has a fluid filled stigmatic cavity rather than free stigma.^[5] It has two bearded anthers on the 6 mm (0.24 in) long stamens.^[4] The triangular calyx lobes have round interspaces.^[5]

The fat, oval-shaped seeds have narrow wings.^[3]

This species is endemic to South Africa. It is found on sandy and stony flats and slopes between the Cedarberg Mountains and the Cape Peninsula.^[4] It is common in Cape Town.^[3]