Poellnitzia rubriflora also known as Haworthia rubriflora var. jacobseniana, Poellnitzia rubriflora var. jacobseniana, Apicra jacobseniana, Haworthia rubriflora, Astroloba rubriflora, Apicra rubriflora, Aloe rubriflora from the Asphodelaceae

Asphodelaceae

Asphodeloideae is a subfamily of the monocot family Xanthorrhoeaceae in the order Asparagales. It has previously been treated as a separate family, Asphodelaceae. The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Asphodelus...

 family. It lives in the area around Robertson, South Africa

Robertson, Western Cape

Robertson is a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa known as the valley of wine and roses. It was founded in 1853 and named after the Scottish Dutch Reformed Church Minister, Dr William Robertson....

, in the Karoo

Karoo

The Karoo is a semi-desert region of South Africa. It has two main sub-regions - the Great Karoo in the north and the Little Karoo in the south. The 'High' Karoo is one of the distinct physiographic provinces of the larger South African Platform division.-Great Karoo:The Great Karoo has an area of...

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It grows in light shade or full shade and has clumping caulescent rosettes, up to 3 inches (7.6 cm) in diameter, leaves 0.8 inch long, 0.8 in (2 cm) wide and 0.2 in (0.508 cm) thick. It grows during the winter and reproduces via seeds.