Quaqua parviflora subsp. parviflora flower

The flowers of Quaqua parviflora subsp. parviflora grow solitary or in groups of up to three from the upper end of a stem. The flower stalk emerges from a cushion along the groove between stem angles. The pedicel is curved downwards, about 1 cm long.

The corolla tube is short to hardly present, the five narrow and tapering corolla lobes spread in a star-shape. Their margins have long, sparse hairs, purplish in picture. The lobe surfaces are yellow or yellow-green and marked purple-brown, the upper surfaces convex.  

The specific name, parviflora, is derived from the Latin words parvus meaning small and flora meaning flowers, referring to the flower size, only about 6 mm in diameter.

The corona in the flower centre occurs in two series. It is about 3 mm in diameter, raised on a short, five-angled stalk. The lobes of the outer corona are erect or spreading, slightly longer than 1 mm, the lobes of the inner corona shorter, pressed to the backs of the anthers and exceeding them (Williamson, 2010; White and Sloane, 1937).