Cheiridopsis pilosula

This succulent subshrub becomes raggedly clumped and lank with age. It grows up to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall, with a diameter of 25 cm (9.8 in).[1] The pale blue-grey leaves are slender and densely covered in hairs.[1][2] They do not have teeth and are prominently keeled.[1]

Flowers are preset in August and September. They are yellow in colour and are borne solitarily.[3] While some populations have unicoloured petaloid staminodes, other populations have bi-coloured staminodes, in which the bottom third is white and the remaining two-thirds are yellow.[2] The fruits are 10-locular and cylindrical below.[3] They are covered in papillae, giving them a rough or velvety texture.[2] The seeds are also covered in papilae.[2]

Cheiridopsis pilosula is endemic to the Northern Cape of South Africa, where it grows on quartzite flats and slopes.[3][4] It grows in the Richtersveld region, where it grows on the Stinkfontein Mountains and Klipbok.[3]

This species is considered to be of least concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute.[4]