actual size: leaves cca 4-6 cm
adult plant
Aloe petrophila Pillans (1933)
DESCRIPTION: Plant stemless, simple or suckering to small groups. Leaves 20-25x5-6 cm, bright greenish brown with scattered whitish H-shaped spots. Pungent teeth 3-5 mm long, 8-12 mm apart, sap pale green. Erect inflorescence 50-70 cm high, 3-6 branched racemes capitate, flowers bright pink, 28 mm long, 7 mm dia..
DISTRIBUTION: RSA (Wylie's Poort (Hendrik Verwoerd Tunnel) Soutpansberg, prov. Limpopo).
CULTIVATION: Easy cultivated in sandy soil.