Aloe montis-nabro
A small clumping Aloe described in 2014 from the slopes of Mount Nabro, a volcano in the Danakil region of south-eastern Eritrea. The rosettes have white-streaked, white-toothed triangular leaves that turn brown in strong sun, and branched inflorescences of orange tubular flowers. Its wild status is unknown after the 2011 eruption, and almost nothing is published about its habitat, so care follows other hot-country aloes from the Horn of Africa.
Where it grows wild
Known only from the slopes of the Nabro volcano, which rises from the hot, arid Danakil lowlands. Aloes in this setting grow among volcanic rock and lava rubble in open scrub, exposed to full sun, wind and a long dry season. No detailed habitat description was found.
The exact elevation is not published; Nabro rises to about 2,200 m from surrounding plains at a few hundred metres.
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