The first record of this species was an account in the diary of Simon van der Stel (the first Governor of the Cape), when he travelled in 1685 to Namaqualand in the Northern Cape.
Aloe | Aloe Blacc | ''Aloe ferox'' on the R61 route between Cofimvaba | Erythrina variegata | Aloe striatula | Aloe plicatilis | Aloe barberae | aloe |