Kumara plicatilis
A slow, tree-like aloe relative with fans of strap-shaped grey-green leaves, endemic to the sandstone mountains of the south-western Cape. It grows in winter-rainfall fynbos, so it wants cool, wet winters, a dry summer and full sun with strong airflow.
Where it grows wild
Rocky sandstone slopes and outcrops in mountain fynbos, rooted in shallow acidic, very free-draining soil between rocks.
Measured records sit at 100–659 m (median 158 m, only 3 elevations); the species is generally reported on lower to middle mountain slopes in the Boland.
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