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 setifolia, commonly known as Palerim Froetang, is a South African endemic species found in the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces, from the Bokkeveld Escarpment to Port Elizabeth, and inland to the western Karoo. From winter to spring it has yellow to apricot flowers, sometimes with dark blotches in the throat.