Romulea elliptica

Manning, John C. & Goldblatt, Peter, 2001, the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra including new species, biological notes, and a new infrageneric classification, Adansonia (3) 23 (1), pp. 59-108 : 70

19. Inner bracts with narrow colorless margins; outside of the outer tepals green with brown flecks along the margins .............................................................................................................................. 25. R. elliptica

19’. Inner bracts with brownish or brown-flecked margins; outside of the outer tepals irregulary streaked with darker color ............................................................................................................................................ 20