Species · genus Aloe · Asphodelaceae

Dune Aloe

Aloe thraskii Baker

Also known as: Strand Aloe · Coast Aloe

Growth habit

succulent shrub or tree

Native range

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal

Reference · A. thraskii

Cultivars of A. thraskii

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

Guide

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Aloe thraskii is a tree-forming succulent from the coastal dunes of South Africa's Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, storing water in thick leaves and wanting bright, direct sun and gritty, fast-draining mix. Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out completely before watering again — wait until the mix is dry well below the surface and the lower leaves show no plumpness loss. It rots quickly if left sitting wet, so err toward drought.

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

7–30 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Grown from seed; a single-stemmed tree aloe

Fertilizing

Light succulent feed once or twice in the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Yellow-orange winter spikes on mature plants, rare 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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