''Aloinopsis spathulata'' is a species of

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plant in the

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Aloinopsis ''Aloinopsis'' is a genus of ice plants from South Africa. Description This genus is closely related to the similar ''Titanopsis'', '' Deilanthe'' and '' Nananthus'' genera. ''Aloinopsis'' species have a rather large tuberous root system, and a ...

'' native to

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. It has spoon-shaped green leaves patterned with tubercles, and unlike the yellow flowers of most in its genus, it has magenta to pink blooms. Able to grow in

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, the coldest town in South Africa, it is particularly frost hardy.

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