Ruschia pungens flowers

A Ruschia pungens flower has about one row of oblong, round-tipped petals spreading angled up around the many-stamened flower centre. The flower diameter is about 15 mm. The purple, sometimes magenta flowers have glossy petals and similarly coloured filaments.

The tiny, oblong anthers in picture are cream. There are also filamentous staminodes around the stamens. These antherless stamens contribute to keeping the central cone in position for presentation to pollinators (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; Smith, et al, 1998; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist).