Introduction

Aloe dewinteri creates solitary rosettes and is slow-growing, usually stemless, and up to 60 mm in diameter. The leaves are firm, ascending but becoming spreading and recurved, The leaf surface is firm, leathery, and gray-green.  The leaf tip is pointed. Flowering is mainly in midsummer (December to January, Southern Hemisphere).

The Details

A. dewinteri is confined to the sheer, stark, dolomite cliff faces of the escarpment mountains east of Sesfontein, Kaokoveld, Namibia. Plants are more often found on shady, southern slopes where they may be locally abundant. It grows at an altitude of between 600–1200 m. The gray leaves have a yellow margin with small, yellow teeth/barbs.

This series of photos shows its harsh habitat where little else can grow.

A. dewinteri, is related to A. corallina, which also is confined to dolomite cliffs. A. dewinteri is  larger and solitary.