Dracophilus

Compact, dwarf perennials forming dense, low clumps, up to +/- 300 mm high. Leaves opposite, trigonous, united at bases, +/- 50 mm long and 15 mm broad, flattish above, grey to blue-green, rarely dentate on keel and margins; epidermis with rounded papillae of different sizes, largest ones over subhypodermal tannin idioblasts. Flowers terminal, solitary, +/- 30 mm in diameter, on bibracteate pedicels +/- 25 mm long; opening late in afternoon well into night, honey-scented. Sepals 5, nearly equal, obtuse. Petals 2- or 3-seriate, free, nearly as long as sepals, with reflexed tips, white to pink. Stamens collected in a central cone; filaments hairy at base. Nectary a crenulate ring. Ovary depressed, with raised centre; nectar glands annular, crenulate; placentas parietal; stigmas 8-11(14), subulate, semipersistent, recurved. Fruit a 8-11(14)-locular capsule, of Titanopsis type; closing bodies absent; valve wings present, large; expanding keels parallel, lacerate, ending in an awn; covering membranes present, covering two-thirds of locule, flattish, translucent. Seeds pear-shaped, greyish brown. F lowering all year round. D istinguishing characters: perennials with smooth or slightly toothed, finely textured, grey-green leaves; sepals 5 ( Juttadinteria has 4); pedicels bracteate; flowers opening in the evening; fruit with covering membranes.