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Aloe albiflora

Aloe albiflora
Photo: JonTheSucculentDude, CC BY-SA 4.0

Aloe albiflora is a small, narrow-leaved succulent aloe from southern Madagascar, grown mainly as a potted plant. Its key to success is sharp drainage and strong light, with infrequent watering.

Family
Asphodelaceae (Aloe family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Water deeply, then let the soil dry out fully before watering again; reduce sharply in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus or succulent mix with added grit or perlite.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C, as frost damages it.
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Madagascar
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Aloe albiflora is a species of aloe indigenous to Madagascar with narrow, muricate leaves and widely campanulate, snow-white flowers that are 10mm long and 14mm across the mouth. Its nearest affinity, based on leaf characters only, is Aloe bellatula.

Aloe albiflora is cultivated typically as a potted plant in greenhouses or outdoors in mostly frost-free regions.

Other Aloe plants

Aloe aaata · Aloe aageodonta · Aloe abyssicola · Tent Cent Aloe · Spotted Aloe · African Aloe · White Grass Aloe · Aldabra Aloe · Aloe ambigens · Aloe andongensis · Wylliespoort Aloe · Aloe ankaranensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aloe albiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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