Romulea is a genus in the Iridaceae family of about 90 species that is found both in South Africa and in Europe. Rootstock is a corm, globose, bell shaped to top shaped, compressed or asymmetric with a circular to crescent shaped basal ridge. This genus has flowers reminiscent of Crocus. Many are quite striking, especially the South African species and there is a great variation in colour and markings of the flowers. They are easy to grow in pots and many are easy from seed, flowering rather quickly in some cases.

Romulea fibrosa is a South African endemic species found in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces, growing in sandstone on coastal and inland mountains from Langeberg to the Winterhock Mountains. The corms have an oblique basal ridge of fibril clusters and are usually covered with the remains of old leaf bases. The leaves are narrow, sometimes hairy, and the flowers are magenta to pink with diffuse purple markings around a yellow cup. Plants can be up to 40 cm tall with a distinct stem. Flowering is from late spring to early summer, from October to December.