Gonialoe variegata
The tiger or partridge-breast aloe, a small stemless succulent with three ranks of white-banded keeled leaves, from the dry Karoo and adjacent regions of South Africa and Namibia. It usually grows in the shelter of shrubs or rock crevices and rots quickly if kept wet in cool weather.
Where it grows wild
Arid Karoo scrub and rocky flats, typically tucked under shrubs or in rock crevices where it gets partial shade.
Measured sites span roughly 250-1,250 m.
🔒 Growing it like that
The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:
Grow Gonialoe variegata? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.
More Gonialoe
Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.