This aloe ---It is reported (see W) to work like Aloe vera for the treatment of burns.
A Aborescens flourishes in the maritime climate of the s. and central coast where its spectacular red flowered blue- leaved form has been endlessly photographed and painted-- notably by Santa Barbara artists, Hank Pitcher (http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Point-Conception-Posters_i1651597_.htm )and Meredith Brooks Abbott)( http://www.mmfa.com/abbott/portfolio3/page3.html)
