Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Astroloba

Family: Asphodelaceae

Synonym: Poellnitzia rubriflora

Distribution: Western Cape

Habitat: Robertson Karoo, Breede Shale Renosterveld

National red list: Vulnerable

Life form: Succulent plant

Comments: This is one of the most unusual of the species in its genus. Its flowers are unlike those of its close relatives in the Astroloba and Haworthia genera, and more similar to those of Aloes.