Schizocarphus is a genus in the Hyacinthaceae family.

Schizocarphus nervosus is summer-growing with multiple scapes per season. It is found in grassland from the Eastern Cape of South Africa to tropical Africa. Over time it forms rounded clumps. It has erect leaves with raised veins. There are many small flowers on each long flower stalk. This is an easy plant in cultivation and is ideally suited to the rockery but will do equally well in a container. It can also be used to good effect planted in clumps or drifts in the mixed border. Each individual flower is not long-lasting, but there are so many of them opening in succession that the inflorescence will last for up to a month in the garden, and it is a useful cut flower. It requires a sunny or semi-shaded position, in good, compost (humus) enriched, well-drained soil. Plants in bags/pots can be planted at any time of the year, and bare-rooted bulbs are best planted whilst still dormant in late winter to early spring. The bulbs should be planted with at least two-thirds to one half showing above ground. It is best to leave them undisturbed for as long as possible, as they take a season or two to settle down and flower again after being moved. A general-purpose granular fertiliser can be used periodically during the growing season, and the plants will benefit from mulching throughout the year. They are relatively drought tolerant, but to grow well they require ample water in summer. As the leaves start to yellow in late summer to autumn, water can be withheld.