page_title: Astroloba rubriflora
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Astroloba rubriflora / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Astroloba rubriflora - poellnitzia flowers McGregor South Africa
context_page_description: Astroloba rubriflora is a succulent plant found in the mountainous Karoo area around Robertson, South Africa. It is listed as a Vulnerable species on the IUCN global Red List.
context_section_description: 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. They are evolved to be pollinated by sunbirds. The long thin inflorescence has a horizontal raceme and red flowers with green tips, that all twist into an erect position. The flowers appear from December to April.
  Its multiple sprawling stems (to 45 cm) are densely covered in sharply-pointed waxy blue-green leaves (that nonetheless go brownish on exposure to harsh sun).
caption: Astroloba rubriflora flowers
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