This recently described shrubby species from Madagascar is controversial as to whether it is deserving of species status and what it might be related to. The Casttions believe it to be a stunted form of A. divaricata that grows on limestone, whereas the Aloe book relates it to A. acutissima and its relatives. Vegetatively, the leaves are stiff like A. divaricata but light blue-green like some subspecies of A. acutissima. You decide. These plants are seedlings in 2-inch pots.