Aloe prostrata
A low, sprawling Madagascan aloe from the berry-fruited group once separated as Lomatophyllum (it was described as Lomatophyllum prostratum). It has long, narrow, curved dark green leaves with pale spots and small marginal teeth, red flowers, and long-lasting berries. It spreads by short stolons into clumps. Unlike most aloes it grows in shady forest on limestone, so it wants bright filtered light rather than full sun.
Where it grows wild
Shady forest over limestone in northern and north-western Madagascar, where it grows among limestone rocks and leaf litter under a partly deciduous canopy. The subspecies pallida has paler light green leaves and pinkish or yellow flowers.
No elevations are recorded in the data we saw. The known sites, the Ankarana massif and the Kandreho and Marovoay limestone areas, are lowland to low hills, roughly 50–500 m.
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