Sparaxis is a genus in the Iridaceae family that is endemic to South Africa and found mostly in the southwestern Cape and the western Karoo.

Sparaxis parviflora, synonymously known as Synnotia parviflora and commonly known as Tiny Satinflower, is a South African endemic species found in the Western Cape province between Mamre and Saldanha Bay on the Atlantic Coast, growing amongst fynbos and occurring in sandy ground or in coarse, granite derived soils, often in granite outcrops. Flowering from mid-August to September, this species grows from 12 to 20 cm tall and has bilaterally symmetrical small cream flowers with lemon yellow lateral tepals with dark spots/streaks at the base and a light spicy sweet odour.