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Asphodelaceae
Fan Aloe
Kumara plicatilis
order and uniqueness.
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Kumara
- Native to
- South Africa, Western Cape
- Bloom season
- Winter, Spring
- Type
- succulent shrub
- Height
- 1.5-3 m
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, sandy, rocky
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Unlike most aloes that form rosettes, the fan aloe arranges its strap-shaped leaves in a single flat plane like a fan.
- It can live for over 100 years and develop into a dramatic dichotomously branching tree-like form.
- The species was recently reclassified from Aloe plicatilis to Kumara plicatilis based on DNA evidence.
- It grows naturally only in a small area of the Western Cape fynbos biome in South Africa and is considered vulnerable.
- Sunbirds are the primary pollinators, visiting the tubular red flowers that bloom during the South African winter.
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