Cheiridopsis imitans L.Bolus

Succulent subshrub, old plants densely clumped, inclining towards the sun, looking permanently windswept, 40-80 mm tall, 150 mm diam. Leaves dark brown when old, long-persistent, 30-80 mm tall, 50-120 mm diam., deciduous but obsolete leaves not forming a complete sheath, new leaves dark green, sharply tapering, widely gaping. Flowers relatively small, petals dull yellow. Fruit 10-locular, robust and persistent.