Origin and Habitat: Gorab Peak, Sendlingsdrift, North-West Cape Province, South Africa.

• Cheiridopsis brownii-robusta hort.

• Cheiridopsis robusta (Haw.) N.E.Br.
• Mesembryanthemum robustum Haw.
• Cheiridopsis aurea L. Bolus
• Cheiridopsis aurea var. lutea L. Bolus
• Cheiridopsis brevipes L. Bolus
• Cheiridopsis brevis Schwantes
• Cheiridopsis brownii-robusta hort.
• Cheiridopsis grandiflora L. Bolus
• Cheiridopsis lecta (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
• Mesembryanthemum lectum N.E.Br.
• Cheiridopsis leptopetala L. Bolus
• Cheiridopsis multiseriata L. Bolus
• Cheiridopsis olivacea Schwantes
• Cheiridopsis perdecora N.E.Br.
• Cheiridopsis pressa (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
• Mesembryanthemum pressum N.E.Br.
• Cheiridopsis roodiae N.E.Br.
• Cheiridopsis schickiana Tischer
• Cheiridopsis truncata L. Bolus

Description: Cheiridopsis browniiSN|25335]]SN|18801]]-robusta is an undescribed name published in Mesa Garden seed catalog and used to indicate one of the innumerable local form of the very variable Cheiridopsis robustaSN|18801]]SN|25335]] with squat soft leaf, but others forms are similar and plants from other localities look more like it.
Habit: It is a low, clump-forming succulent plant and develops as mats.
stems: Very short, internodes not visible with only 2 or 4 leaves.
Leaves: Emerging from papery sleeves, up to 55 mm long and 17 mm wide, succulent, paired, connate only at the base and mostly free, tapering and vertically compressed. Lower surface keeled, upper surface flat, grey-green in colour.
Flowers: Diurnal, about 60 mm in diameter, usually bright yellow.
Blooming season: Buds appear from winter to early spring (in its habitat June to September)

Cultivation and Propagation: Cheiridopsis browniiSN|18801]]SN|18801]]-robusta is a "winter" grower which are most active from late winter until later spring and heading for summer dormancy, but in favourable growing conditions it keeps going over the summer too and doesn't need particular care.
Soil: Requires good drainage as it it is prone to root rot.
Fertilization: It thrives in poor soils ans seems very sensitive to an excess of potassium.
Watering: Water minimally in summer, only when the plant starts shrivelling, water more abundantly when they are growing in the autumn and spring. Requires little water otherwise its epidermis breaks (resulting in unsightly scars).
Light: It needs a bright sunny or light shade exposure in winter, but keep cool and shaded in summer.
Hardiness: It prefer a very bright situation and will take a light frost (Hardy to -5°C) if it is in dry soil. USDA zones 9A – 11.
Uses: Container, rock garden.
Propagation: Seeds, cuttings. It is easily propagated by seed.