Aloinopsis

Compact, tufted, dwarf perennials with tuberous rootstock. Leaves in a dense rosette, ovate to spatulate in outline, in section fairly flat to 3-angled to almost semiterete, often conspicuously tuberculate or punctate. Flowers solitary or occasionally in twos or threes, pedicellate, 18-40 mm in diameter, usually bracteate, opening in afternoon, closing sunset or opening towards evening and closing before dawn. Sepals 5 or 6, nearly equal, erect or recurved, obtuse, acute or acuminate, with narrow membranous margins. Petals 2- or 3-seriate, yellow, salmon, flesh-pink or rose, the yellow ones sometimes with a red, central stripe. Stamens with filaments papillate towards base; staminodes 0. Nectaryglands angular, in a ring. Ovary flat, convex or subglobosely or conically elevated above; placentas parietal; stigmas 6-14, slender, +/- as long as stamens. Fruit a 6-14-locular capsule of Titanopsis type, nearly flat to conical above, semiglobose, convex, obconic or nearly flat below; expanding keels parallel, diverging at tips; covering membranes complete or relictual; valve wings well developed; closing bodies 0, rudimentary or well developed. Seeds broadly obovate, minutely tuberculate to nearly smooth, brown. F lowering from late winter to early spring. D istinguishing characters: rosette-forming perennials with rough, spoon-shaped leaves; roots tuberous; flowers with striped petals; seeds ovoid.