Overview

Large, showy outdoor plant, native to South Africa and Zimbabwe. Yellow/red-orange flowers, attractive, distinctive South African species, grown for ornamental spiny foliage, colorful flowers and increased cold tolerance. Sharp spines on all surfaces of thick, heavy, fleshy leaves. Stemless, single, dense rosette, up to 3ft high and wide. Scattered prickles on undersurface. Leaves are long and broad at the base, dull green to turquoise with triangular teeth or thorns on margins and undersides.