21, see text Gibbaeum is a genus of about 21 species of small succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to the Little Karoo region of South Africa.

The name "Gibbaeum" comes from the Latin gibbosus (hunchback) These dwarf succulents are characterized by distinctively asymmetrical pairs of leaves, mostly globular or sometimes thick and arcuate.

Gibbaeums grow in clumps and produce pink or white flowers in spring.

[3][4] Genus Gibbaeum is predominantly indigenous to the Little Karoo region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Their natural range spans the boundary between winter and summer rainfall areas of southern Africa, and their growth period (emergence of new leaves and flowering) is therefore in summer for some species and in winter for other ones.