Aloe aculeata
A stemless, usually solitary aloe from the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa, southern and central Zimbabwe and Mozambique, whose leaves are covered in spines on white, raised bases. It grows on rocky outcrops in grassland and dry bushveld under a summer-rain, dry-winter climate, and flowers in winter with spikes of orange to yellow flowers. Grow it in full sun in a gritty mix, watered in summer and kept dry and cool in winter.
Where it grows wild
Rocky outcrops and stony slopes in grassland and dry bushveld, fully exposed to sun, with roots in shallow gritty soil among rocks.
No reliable elevation data were found in the sources opened; its bushveld and plateau habitat lies mainly at roughly 500–1700 m.
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