Kumara haemanthifolia
A small fan aloe (formerly Aloe haemanthifolia) with two ranks of broad, soft, red-edged leaves, restricted to the high sandstone mountains of the south-western Cape. It grows in cool, wet, misty fynbos and is notoriously hard in cultivation because it resents summer heat and drying out.
Where it grows wild
Crevices and ledges of quartzitic sandstone on high peaks, often on damp, cool faces among restios and fynbos shrubs, with frequent cloud and winter rain.
Record sites are about 1000–1600 m in the Hottentots Holland, Du Toitskloof and Hex River mountains; few records carry elevations.
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