This species is from Kenya and Tanzania, where it forms large shrubby masses of plant. Because there are a number of species that roughly look like this one, it has earned its name, but it tends to be distinguished by its sap, which dries purple and makes it somewhat unique among this group of East African Aloes. The leaves are narrow, falcate, and gray-green with white spots. the flowers are yellow. These plants are rooted offsets in one-gallon pots.