Aloe volkensii is a species of plant widely distributed in East Africa.

The long (c.60 cm), slender, grey-green leaves are recurved.

Dead leaves are persistent and remain on the stem just below the rosette (unlike those of the rare Aloe ballyi).

The leaves of juvenile plants have occasional pale spots.

[2][3] This species occurs from southern Kenya, across almost all of Tanzania,[note 1][4] and as far west as Rwanda and Uganda.