Aloe maculata

Family: Asphodelaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Aloe maculata is a naturalized perennial found in coastal regions near Point Conception at elevations below 100 meters in coastal bluff habitats. Flowering in April, this succulent produces orange-red to pink flowers in dense raceme-like clusters 10 to 30 centimeters long, with 20 to 65 individual blooms. Growing in dense, erect clumps up to 20 centimeters tall, the plant develops simple or branched stems. Its distinctive leaves are 1 to 3 decimeters long and 5 to 12 centimeters wide, lanceolate to ovate, featuring pale to dark green surfaces adorned with characteristic white spots. The fruit is an oblong red-brown capsule 20 to 35 millimeters long, adding visual interest to this ornamental succulent.

Habitat: Coastal bluffs

Bloom period: Apr

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: CCo (Point Conception)

California counties: Santa Barbara, San Diego

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.