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Astroloba cremnophila

Astroloba cremnophila
Common names: cliff astroloba (Eng.); krans-astroloba (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Farm for Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden March 2016 Astroloba cremnophila is a slow-growing, long-lived, ... seen. Flowering time is in summer, from November to April. Astroloba cremnophila is only known from from the cliffs at ... opening from the end and the fine seeds dispersed by wind. Astroloba Astroloba cremnophila can be grown in containers ...

28 / 03 / 2016 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Astroloba rubriflora

Astroloba rubriflora
Common names: red-flowered astroloba
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Riddles Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden August 2019 Astroloba rubriflora is a succulent perennial, with sprawling ... are trilocular and contain brown to black winged seeds. Astroloba rubriflora occurs in the Robertson Karoo, in the ... shrubs, on lower karroid hills and rocky slopes and flats. Astroloba rubriflora grows underneath shrubs, which protects ...

19 / 08 / 2019 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG
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Astroloba subg. Astroloba sect. Astroloba

Family: Asphodelaceae

Go to Astroloba genus page   Ronell R Klopper Foundational ... Molteno Molteno Botanical Consulting. September 2023   Astroloba The species in this section have leaves that are ... the same direction as the generative spiral (although some Astroloba tenax specimens are exceptions). The inflorescence ...

18 / 09 / 2023 | | Karoo Desert NBG
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Astroloba subg. Astroloba sect. Intercedens

Family: Asphodelaceae

Go to Astroloba genus page   Ronell R Klopper Foundational ... Molteno Molteno Botanical Consulting. September 2023   Astroloba The species in this section have leaves that are ... hybridise with each other, in the western Little Karoo. Astroloba s ubgenus Astroloba section Inflata ...

18 / 09 / 2023 | | Karoo Desert NBG
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Astroloba subg. Astroloba sect. Inflata

Family: Asphodelaceae

Go to Astroloba genus page   Ronell R Klopper Foundational ... Molteno Molteno Botanical Consulting. September 2023   Astroloba The species in this section have leaves that are ... and south sides of the Groot Swartberg mountain range. Astroloba subgenus Astroloba section Inflata   ...

18 / 09 / 2023 | | Karoo Desert NBG
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Astroloba subg. Astroloba sect. Vastora

Family: Asphodelaceae

Go to Astroloba genus page   Ronell R Klopper Foundational ... Molteno Molteno Botanical Consulting. September 2023   Astroloba The species in this section have leaves that are ... slopes or level rocky terrain in the southern Great Karoo. Astroloba subgenus Astroloba section Vastora   ...

18 / 09 / 2023 | | Karoo Desert NBG
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Astroloba subg. Poellnitzia

Family: Asphodelaceae

Go to Astroloba genus page   Ronell R Klopper Foundational ... Molteno Molteno Botanical Consulting. September 2023   Astroloba This subgenus comprises a single species. Astroloba subgenus Poellnitzia   ...

18 / 09 / 2023 | | Karoo Desert NBG
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Astroloba genus

Astroloba spirella in a nurse plant east of Ladismith
Common names: astrolobas, starlobes (Eng.); astrolobas, kleinaalwyne, koedoekos, steekaalwyntjies (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... in the upper part of a stem are green. Fig. 2. Older astroloba specimens can sometimes develop a ‘fairy ... rise to different spiral patterns (phyllotaxis). Fig. 3. Astroloba leaves emerge around the central growth point in a ... this, some of the leaves on these two stems (of the same Astroloba foliolosa specimen) have been numbered, according ...

18 / 09 / 2023 | Ronell R. Klopper | National Herbarium Pretoria
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