Species · genus Aloe · Asphodelaceae

Coral Aloe

Aloe striata Haw.

Growth habit

succulent perennial

Native range

Cape Provinces

Reference · A. striata

Cultivars of A. striata

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No named cultivars catalogued under A. striata yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Aloe striata is a succulent perennial from the Cape Provinces of South Africa, where it stores water in its broad leaves and endures long dry spells in bright, arid conditions. Give it strong direct light and a gritty, fast-draining mix, and water deeply only when the soil has dried out completely to the bottom of the pot. It rots quickly if left sitting in moisture, so err toward letting it stay dry.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

7–27 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Offsets (pups) separated and dried before potting

Fertilizing

Light succulent feed once or twice in spring and summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Coral-pink spikes possible in bright light, uncommon indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Saponins + anthraquinones (the latex) — vomiting, lethargy, diarrhoea. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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