page_title: Aloe erinacea
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Aloe erinacea / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: English: Aloe erinacea. The Hedgehog Aloe of southern Africa.
context_page_description: Aloe erinacea is a rare species of succulent plant in the genus Aloe, from arid areas of Namibia.
context_section_description: This plant is sometimes classified as a subspecies or variety of the more common Aloe melanacantha, which occurs just to the south of the Namibian border, in the Namaqualand of South Africa. However Aloe erinacea is also considered by many authorities to be simply a closely related sister species of its more common relative to the south, with the two forming a continuum.
  Superficially, Aloe erinacea looks almost identical to Aloe melanacantha, however it is slightly smaller and it sometimes grows into dense clumps due to offsetting.
caption: Aloe erinacea
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