Hesperantha is a cormous genus in the Iridaceae family with 79 species. Four are found in tropical Africa, 37 in summer-rainfall southern Africa, and 42 in winter-rainfall southern Africa. Many of the former are found in the eastern southern African Drakensberg in Kwa Zulu-Natal. Most plants are short, 15 to 20 cm. tall or less. A number of them open late in the afternoon or early evening and those are often very fragrant.

Hesperantha luticola grow to 10 cm high. It occurs in the Roggeveld where it is found growing in seasonal pools or watercourses. The white flowers are borne on a spike that carries one or two flowers. Hesperantha luticola blooms during winter.