Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: aasblom, carrion flower

Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane)

Distribution: Southern Africa

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Life form: Succulent plant

Comments: It has a raised, glossy, wine-red ring or 'annulus' around the mouth of the corolla tube. The corolla varies in size and is usually patterned with wine-red zebra stripes which vary conspicuously in colour intensity. One of the so-called “lifebuoy” huernias because of the glossy raised annulus.