Aloe nuttii

A grass aloe from the high plateaus of south-central Africa, with narrow, bright green, grass-like leaves about 50 cm tall and a spike of up to 75 cm carrying tubular orange-red to pink flowers. It grows in montane grassland and open miombo woodland, where fire and a long winter dry season are normal, and it is much harder to keep than the familiar rosette aloes. Locally its flowers are cooked as a vegetable.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Herbarium labels place it in montane grassland (including above the tree line on Mt Mbeya), in grassy glades among montane forest, in grassland with clumps of trees, and in miombo woodland. It grows among grasses rather than on bare rock, and has to survive dry-season grass fires.

Labelled records run from about 1,300 m (Menongue, Angola; Mutinondo, Zambia) to 2,170-2,500 m (Rubeho Mountains and Mt Mbeya, Tanzania).

TanzaniaZambiaMalawiDR CongoAngola

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.