G. afra L. Plants 100-140 mm high. Leaves 12-30, linear, erect to spreading, spiralled, usually channelled, occasionally with simple, soft spreading hairs on one or both surfaces or the margin. Flower cup-shaped, white with pink reverse, tepals 20-35 mm long, anthers 9-18 in clusters of 6, style straight, as long as the stamens, stigma small. Berry club-shaped, fleshy, yellow to red. Flowering time: December to January. Lowland flats in fynbos from Clanwilliam to Heidelberg.

G. villosa (Thunb.) Thunb. Plants 30-150 mm high, sometimes clumped. Leaves 4-12, narrow and tapering to each end, spreading, loosely spiralled towards the apex, more or less covered with soft, white, T-shaped hairs, the margin and apex often with dense, firm, compound hairs. Flower white or pink, tepals 20-40 mm long, anthers 6, style longer than the stamens, curved sideways, stigma broadly 3-lobed. Berry slender, cylindrical, membranous, white with red seeds. Flowering time: October to December. In sand or clay on flats or south-facing slopes, Namaqualand to Mossel Bay and western Karoo.