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Aloe marlothii
Also called Flat Flowered Aloe, Transvaal Aloe, Tree Aloe
Mountain aloe is a large, single-stemmed succulent tree-like aloe from southern Africa, reaching up to 6 metres, with big grey-green spiny leaves and horizontal, orange flower spikes in winter. The key to growing it is full sun, excellent drainage and very little water.
Aloe marlothii (also known as the mountain aloe or the flat-flowered aloe) is a large, single-stemmed Southern African aloe of rocky places and open flat country, occasionally growing up to 6 metres (20 ft) tall.
Its distribution ranges from the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve in Johannesburg, through eastern Botswana, northwards over the Soutpansberg to Zimbabwe and Malawi and eastwards through Eswatini and Mozambique to the coast. Within this range, it is especially common in mountainous areas, which led it to be known as the mountain aloe.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aloe marlothii 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.
