Aloinopsis malherbei (L.Bolus) L.Bolus

Compact, dwarf succulent, with a thick, truncate rootstock broadening and splitting into several, erect branches at top, with 2 or 3 leaf-pairs to a branch, forming a rosette. Leaves flat and wide, erect, with prominent warts, 20-25 x 15-17 mm, 4-5 mm thick. Flowers without bracts, 16-20 mm diam., calyx lobes 6, petals salmon to pink, stamens collected into a central cone, yellow in upper half. Fruit nearly globose, with large closing bodies, 8-11-locular.