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Bumpy Astroloba

Astroloba corrugata

Bumpy Astroloba
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0

Bumpy Astroloba is a small, compact succulent with sprawling stems and pointed leaves covered in tiny raised bumps, native to the Little Karoo of South Africa. It is grown for its textured foliage and needs bright light, a fast-draining soil and dry conditions.

Family
Asphodelaceae (Aloe family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings, and water less in winter.
Soil
Gritty, fast-draining cactus or succulent mix.
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect from frost and below 5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Astroloba corrugata is a small succulent plant of the Astroloba genus, endemic to the Little Karoo and the far south of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Where it grows

It is indigenous to the southern strip of the Western Cape in South Africa, where it occurs in the furthest western corner of the Little Karoo. Here its habitat stretches from near Barrydale in the south-east, to near Touws Rivier in the north-west. Outlying populations occur as far as Ladismith and the Rooinek pass.

Other Astroloba plants

Roggeveld Astroloba · Eastern Astroloba · Cliff Astroloba · Camdaboo Astroloba · Swartberg Astroloba · Astroloba pentagona · Robust Starlobe · Robertson Astroloba · Kleinkaroo Astroloba · Astroloba spirella · Glossy Astroloba · Astrolobas

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astroloba corrugata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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