The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

Common name: אלוי מצנפתי

Family: Asphodelaceae (Asphodel)

Distribution: S Africa, Cape Province Western Cape, Cape of Good Hope

Habitat: Flat rocky slopes in areas of Table Mountain sandstone

Life form: Succulent tree

Description: Multi-branched plant with a up to 200 cm long, creeping, 6 cm thick stem, growing in dense sprawling clusters; incurved, ovate-lanceolate, glaucous-green to green leaves, forming dense rosettes, surface occasionally spotted, lower surface with a thorny keel, the tip ending in a single or bifid thorn; white to yellow toothed margins; 40-60 cm high, densely flowered, scarlet inflorescence with 2-5 branches.