Asphodelaceae
Astroloba subgenus Astroloba section Inflata
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Astroloba corrugata N.L.Mey. & Gideon F.Sm. can be distinguished by its small, usually recurved leaves that have a matt surface, with a dense distribution of tiny tubercles and a highly variable phyllotaxis (leaf arrangement); the flowers with cream-coloured or whitish lobes, and perianth segments that are not inflated next to midrib and smooth to the touch. It occurs in karroid and thicket vegetation in the western Little Karoo, and has one of the western-most distribution ranges in the genus. This species flowers from spring to midsummer, September to January.

Astroloba spirella (Haw.) Molteno & Gideon F.Sm. can be distinguished by its leaves that are matt and smooth, without tubercles, though often with some longitudinal striations near the leaf tips; by its relatively large divergence angle (±144°–151°) arranging the leaves in five ranks that appear either vertical or spiralling in the same direction as the generative spiral; the flowers with white lobes, and perianth segments that are not inflated next to midrib and smooth to the touch. It occurs in shrubby vegetation on rocky slopes in the western Little Karoo. This species flowers in late summer, from January to March.
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Astroloba subgenus Astroloba section Astroloba
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Astroloba bullulata (Jacq.) Uitewaal can be distinguished by its ovate leaves that have a dull matt surface, usually with transversely arranged tubercles; relatively lacking in leaf fibres; one margin of each leaf losing its identity near the incurved leaf tip that also has a prominent keel; the flowers that are born on thin pedicels, with yellow lobes, and perianth segments that are not inflated next to midrib and smooth to the touch. It occurs on rocky slopes in karroid vegetation in a very cold and arid winter-rainfall part of the Western Cape, and has one of the western-most distribution range in genus. This species flowers in early summer, from November to December.

Astroloba cremnophila Van Jaarsv. can be distinguished by its spreading leaves that have a dull matt surface, usually with faint longitudinal lines and sparse tubercles; one margin of each leaf losing its identity near the incurved leaf tip that also has a prominent keel; the flowers that are born on thin pedicels, with grey-green or cream lobes, and perianth segments that are not inflated next to midrib and smooth to the touch. It grows pendent from cliff faces in thicket vegetation of the Groot Swartberg in the Western Cape. It has the most restricted distribution of the astrolobas. This species flowers in summer, from November to April.

Astroloba pentagona (Haw.) Uitewaal can be distinguished by its relatively straighter and more erect leaves that have a pale matt surface, with longitudinal lines and sometimes with tubercles arranged longitudinally along the lines; by one margin of each leaf losing its identity near the leaf tip that also has a prominent keel; by the flowers that are born on thin pedicels, with pale yellow lobes, and perianth segments that are not inflated next to midrib and smooth to the touch. It occurs on rocky slopes in karroid vegetation between the Koup and Moordenaars Karoo, as well as the northern foothills of the Klein Swartberg mountains. This species flowers in early to midsummer, from November to January.

Astroloba tenax Molteno, Van Jaarsv. & Gideon F.Sm. var. tenax can be distinguished by its splayed leaves that have a glossy surface, sometimes with faint longitudinal lines and occasional tubercles; by one margin of each leaf sometimes losing its identity near the leaf tip; by the flowers that are born on thin pedicels, with yellow lobes, and grey perianth segments that are not inflated next to midrib and smooth to the touch. It occurs in succulent karroo vegetation west of Prince Albert in the Western Cape. This variety flowers in early to midsummer from November to January.

Astroloba tenax var. moltenoi Gideon F.Sm. & Van Jaarsv. can be distinguished from A. tenax var. tenax by being more robust and larger in all aspects. It occurs in succulent karoo vegetation northeast of Prince Albert in the Western Cape. This variety flowers in early summer, from November to December.
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Astroloba Uitewaal
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Common names: astrolobas, starlobes (Eng.); astrolobas, kleinaalwyne, koedoekos, steekaalwyntjies (Afr.)
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Bulbine angustifolia Poelln.
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Common names: narrow-leaved bulbine, slender bulbine, golden lily (Eng.); rooistamper, kopieva, katstert, koorsbossie (Afr.)
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Haworthia marumiana Uitewaal var. reddii (C.L.Scott) M.B.Bayer
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Common names: Waterdown Dam haworthia (Eng.), Klipplaat dwergaalwyntjie (Afr.)
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Bulbine keiskammaensis Van Jaarsv., Harrower & Hankey
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Common names: Keiskamma bulbine (Eng.); Keiskamma kopieva (Afr.)
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Bulbine capitata Poelln.
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Common names: scented grass-bulbine, narrow-leaved bulbine (Eng.)
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Bulbine sceletium Van Jaarsv. & Harrower
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Common names: blue cliff-bulbine (Eng.); bloukranskopieva (Afr.)
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Gonialoe (Baker) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning
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Common names: partridge aloes, partridge-breasted aloes, tiger aloes, variegated aloes (Eng.); bontaalwyne, bontbees, kanniedood aalwyne (Afr.)
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Kniphofia ichopensis Schinz
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Common names: Ixopo red-hot poker (Eng.), Ixopovuurpyl (Afr.) icacane (isiZulu).
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