Moraea bulbillifera, sometimes commonly called the bulblet Capetulp and in Afrikaans the uintjiestulp (veld bulb tulip or nutgrass tulp), is a cormous perennial that reaches 30 cm to 50 cm in height. It grows just one long, narrow leaf (up to 7 mm wide) and a flower stalk annually from its perennial corm. There are two recognised subspecies. M. bulbillifera used to form part of the Homeria genus.
The plant is named bulbillifera for its tendency to grow clusters of bulbils or tiny bulblets next to the leaf on the stem after flowering in late winter to midspring. This natural supplementary survival strategy of not relying on seed for propagation only, but generating new plants vegetatively from bulbils, occurs in many species.
The flowers are pale yellow, cream or orange with the inner tepals slightly smaller than the outer three. Each tepal has a bright yellow pointed marking inside its base.
The species distribution is in the Western Cape and coastally into the Eastern Cape.
The habitat is mainly renosterveld and fynbos on sandy flats and limestone derived coastal soils. The habitat populations of both subspecies are deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Mustart, et al, 1997; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).