page_title: Astroloba robusta
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Astroloba robusta / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: The typically short, robust inflorescence of Astroloba robusta, showing the unusually stocky flowers.
context_page_description: Astroloba robusta is a small succulent plant of the genus Astroloba indigenous to the arid southern Cape regions of South Africa. It is the most widespread Astroloba species.
context_section_description: Astroloba robusta is a relatively widespread Astroloba species, first formally described in 2017.
  Its stems are described as densely covered in sharp, triangular succulent leaves, with a glossy leaf-surface, a grey-brown colour, and with white margins and keels.  This species produces small, robust, cream-white flowers in May to October (southern hemisphere), on an unbranched inflorescence. The flowers typically do not have pedicels (sessile), and their lobes curve outwards. The peduncle is robust and relatively short. Several large, elongated, veined, sterile bracts appear along the peduncle.
caption: Inflorescence
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