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Aloe verecunda
Also called Rand Grass Aloe, Wits Grass Aloe, Grass Aloe
Modest Aloe is a small grass-like succulent aloe from South Africa that loses its leaves in winter and flowers orange-red in late spring. It needs free-draining soil, good sun and little water.
Aloe verecunda, the Gauteng grass aloe, rand grass aloe and Witwatersrand grass aloe, is an aloe that is endemic to Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West and Limpopo. The plant's leaves look almost like grass and the flowers are orange-red. The aloe loses its leaves during the winter and flowers in November to December.
Aloe aaata · Aloe aageodonta · Aloe abyssicola · Tent Cent Aloe · Spotted Aloe · African Aloe · White Grass Aloe · Aloe albiflora · Aldabra Aloe · Aloe ambigens · Aloe andongensis · Wylliespoort Aloe
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aloe verecunda 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.
