Aloe pillansii SL. Guthrie
Liliacaea - CITES App. II

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Distribution: Northern Namaqualand and Namibia,
Found on hills, rocky places and mountains in very arid areas.

Description: The yellowish-grey trunk splits dichotomously into erect branches which terminate in large rosettes of thick fleshy greyish-green leaves.  The leaves are falcately deflexed and have whitish-cartilaginous edges with cartilaginous teeth.

Flower:  Inflorescence is downward facing and flowers are yellow.

Cultivation:  Full sun, neutral soil.
Propagation:  Seeds and cuttings.
Photographer: Detlef  Schnabel of SA Seeds -  German Seed Source