Aloe polyphylla
Pillans
Spiral aloe
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. In Lesotho it grows between 1,900-2,600 m above sea level. It can tolerate cold and snow.
Africa, Estonia, Europe, Lesotho, Southern Africa,
How to Identify
A subtropical succulent in the Xanthorrhoeaceae family with leaves arranged in distinctive spirals, native to high-altitude regions of Lesotho at 1,900-2,600 m where it tolerates cold and snow.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Aloe polyphylla, the spiral aloe, kroonaalwyn, lekhala kharetsa, or many-leaved aloe, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aloe that is endemic to the Kingdom of Lesotho in the Drakensberg mountains. An evergreen succulent perennial, it is well known for its strikingly symmetrical, five-pointed spiral growth habit.
Notes
Also put in the family Aloaceae. Also put in the family Asphodelaceae.
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