Native records: 2 botanical areas
Swaziland, Northern Provinces
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A succulent subshrub of desert or dry shrubland climates. Native to Eswatini, South Africa.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Eswatini
- SwazilandNative
South Africa
- Northern ProvincesNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
The same climate occurs in 32 areas worldwide, 30 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Other names
Heath Grass Aloe
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Aloe
Other species in Aloe
- Aloe catengianaCatengue-aloe
- Aloe chabaudiiChabaud's aloe
- Aloe challisiiSteenkampsberg aloe
- Aloe charlotteae
- Aloe cheranganiensis
- Aloe chloranthaGreen Stemless Aloe
- Aloe christianiiBasil Christian's aloe
- Aloe chrysostachys
- Aloe cipolinicola
- Aloe citrea
- Aloe citrina
- Aloe clarkeiMount Naita Aloe
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Eswatini · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
South Africa · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source
Image information
Photograph of Aloe chortolirioides
Delia Oosthuizen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page