Aloe elegans
An aloe about 1 m tall from the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, where it grows in dry, open Acacia bushland and on stony, eroded ground at about 1800-2800 m. Its green leaves have reddish margins and can be red-tipped, and young plants are sometimes white-spotted. The tall, branched inflorescences carry yellow-orange to scarlet tubular flowers. Grow it as a sun-loving highland aloe: bright light, cool nights and a dry season.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels describe open farmland on dark, stony, much-eroded soil, dry and very low Acacia etbaica bushland with many annuals on stony ground, cleared dry forest regrowing as secondary bush, and field hedges. It is a plant of open, sunny, disturbed highland ground.
Labelled records mostly lie between about 1900 m and 2800 m, with a median near 2000 m.
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