Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: astroloba

Family: Asphodelaceae

Distribution: Western Cape

Habitat: Little Karoo

Life form: Succulent plant

Comments: It occurs in rocky ridges of shale in the Little Karoo - between Montagu in the west, Barrydale, and Ladismith in the east (where it gradually becomes Astroloba spiralis), and just south of Laingsburg in the north (where it grades into Astroloba hallii). (Wikipedia)