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Scientific Name | Aloe humilis (L.) Mill. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | ASPHODELACEAE |
Synonyms | Aloe acuminata Haw., Aloe echinata Willd., Aloe echinata Willd. var. minor Salm-Dyck, Aloe humilis (L.) Mill. var. acuminata (Haw.) Baker, Aloe humilis (L.) Mill. var. candollei Baker, Aloe humilis (L.) Mill. var. echinata (Willd.) Baker, Aloe humilis (L.) Mill. var. incurva Haw., Aloe humilis (L.) Mill. var. incurva Haw. subvar. minor (Salm-Dyck) A.Berger, Aloe humilis (L.) Mill. var. suberecta (Aiton) Baker, Aloe humilis (L.) Mill. var. subtuberculata (Haw.) Baker, Aloe incurva (Haw.) Haw., Aloe perfoliata L. var. humilis L., Aloe perfoliata L. var. suberecta Aiton, Aloe suberecta (Aiton) Haw., Aloe suberecta (Aiton) Haw. var. semiguttata Haw., Aloe subtuberculata Haw., Aloe tuberculata Haw., Aloe verrucosospinosa All., Catevala humilis (L.) Medik. |
Common Names | Dwarf Hedgehog Aloe (e) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2018/10/01 |
Assessor(s) | H. Mtshali |
Justification | Aloe humilis is a widespread and common species. Although it is declining in parts of its range, it does not yet meet any of the criteria thresholds for a category of threat. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | This species is endemic to the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa, where it occurs from the Little Karoo near Calitzdorp to Port Elizabeth, and inland to Somerset East. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Eastern Little Karoo, Little Karoo Quartz Vygieveld, Sundays Valley Thicket, Eastern Gwarrieveld |
Description | It occurs in sheltered places among rocks or under the shade of shrubs on flats and slopes in arid renosterveld, thicket and karroid shrubland. Plants can be very variable depending on habitat conditions. |
Threats |
| Aloe humilis is a popular horticultural subject, and in the past, removal of wild plants from accessible localities have caused local extinctions (Van Wyk and Smith 1996, 2003).
Currently it is threatened by habitat loss to urban expansion between Humansdorp, Uitenhage and Port Elizabeth, but this threat is impacting only a small part of this widely distributed species' range. |
Population |
Aloe humilis is declining in parts of its range due to habitat loss and degradation, but it is still widespread and common.
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Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Aloe humilis (L.) Mill. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Glen, H.F. and Hardy, D.S. 2000. Aloaceae (First part): Aloe. In: G. Germishuizen (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 5 Part 1, Fascicle 1:1-159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Reynolds, G.W. 1969. The Aloes of South Africa. A.A. Balkema, Cape Town.
Van Wyk, B.-E. and Smith, G. 1996. Guide to the aloes of South Africa. Briza Publications, Pretoria.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation |
| Mtshali, H. 2018. Aloe humilis (L.) Mill. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/30 |
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