They are easily-propagated, leaf succulents from the family Crassulaceae, which are endemic to southern Africa.

[1] The species of Adromischus are divided into five sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships:[2][3] Flowers bright green, tubular, with short, wide, triangular, recurved lobes.

Grooved, tubular flowers, with ovate-triangular, recurved lobes that are undulated on the margins.

Grooved, funnel-shaped flowers with acuminate-triangular, widely spreading lobes, born on long stalks.

Pale or pubescent inflorescence with elongated, lanceolate-triangular lobes.