Lapeirousia is a genus with about 40 species in the Iridaceae family that is found across sub-Saharan Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia to the southwestern Cape. Leaves are flat and curved to narrow and pleated.

Lapeirousia barklyi is a rare South African indigenous perennial found in the Northern Cape Province that also extends into Namibia where it grows in sandy flats near the coast. It reaches from 10cm to 15cm in height and bears lilac to purple flowers with the tepals cupped at the base with large ridged toothlike calluses found on the lower tepals.