Wachendorfia is a genus of 4 species in the Haemodoraceae family found in the winter rainfall area of South Africa. Some are evergreen and some deciduous. They have bright red rhizomes with papery tunics and yellow to orange flowers with pale to dark markings on the base of the upper tepals.

Wachendorfia multiflora syn. Wachendorfia parviflora is a shorter species to 300mm with dull yellow to brownish purple flowers and grows on sandstone and granitic soils in Namaqualand, the Cape Peninsula and the Karoo. It has narrow tepals and leaves that are lance shaped, hairy and usually longer than the stem.