Dracaena ajgal
A dragon tree from the cliffs of the western Anti-Atlas in south-western Morocco, long treated as a subspecies of the Canary Islands Dracaena draco and raised to species level in 2020. It grows on steep rock faces in a semi-arid, Mediterranean-type climate with winter rain and hot, dry summers. Grow it like a dragon tree: full sun, a very free-draining mineral mix, and a cool, fairly dry winter.
Where it grows wild
Grows on steep rocky slopes and cliff faces of quartzite and hard ultramafic rock, often in inaccessible crevices. The vegetation there is a transition between semi-arid argan and wild olive scrub and Mediterranean oak and Genista communities.
About 700 m according to Wikipedia; iNaturalist-based GBIF records around Jbel Imzi are near 1,000 m, with some trees on north-facing slopes. Not measured by our pipeline.
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