Dilatris pillansii, some floral features

The outsides of the outer three segments of a Dilatris pillansii flower are hairier than the outsides of the inner three. The notable brownish tips of the obtusely pointed segments or tepals with rounded margins seem to be more pronounced in the outer whorl of three. Hairs with dark glandular tips grow from these tips, some pointing inwards. The segments are concave on the insides, even slightly hooded. About parallel, translucent veins are conspicuous and fairly broad on the insides of the segments.

The stamens are shorter than the perianth segment tips, while one of the three stamens has a shorter filament and larger anther than the others, a generic feature. The generic name, Dilatris, is derived from the Greek words di meaning two and latreia meaning service, the pair of smaller-anthered stamens subservient to the third (Marais, (Ed.), 2017; Bean and Johns, 2005; Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; Bean and Burman, 1985; iNaturalist; Wikipedia).