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Aloe angelica, aka williespoort aloe or williespoortaalwyn
in Afrikaans, is restricted to the Limpopo or Northern Province region
of South Africa, specifically the Soutpansberg and Blouberg Mountains.
It is vegetatively similar to Aloe thrakii and Aloe alooides,
having usually a single stem up to 12' in height, but occasionally being
branched. The smooth leaves armed with small sharp teeth are spreading
to recurved, with old dried leaves remaining around the upper part of
the trunk. The complex much-branched inflorescence contains many short
tubular flowers budding red but turning yellow in age. This species
blooms typically in June.
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