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Aloe aculeata

Aloe aculeata
Common names: prickly aloe (Eng.); ngopane, sekope (Sepedi)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Botanical Garden October  2015 This succulent, stemless aloe forms a single rosette of up to 1 m high and wide. The ... capsules of approximately 6 mm long and 3 mm in diameter. Aloe aculeata is naturally distributed throughout certain ... during times of drought as a source of food and water. Aloe This aloe is relatively easy to cultivate under a wide ...

19 / 10 / 2015 | Lou-nita LeRoux | Lowveld NBG
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Aloe africana

Aloe africana
Common names: Uitenhage Aloe, African Aloe (Eng.), Uitenhaagsaalwyn (Afr.), Ikhala (Xhosa)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2004 Aloe africana is a solitary plant, bearing an erect stem up ... to early spring (July to September in South Africa). Aloe africana is restricted to the southeastern and ... vegetation. It often grows in association with Aloe ferox , A. pluridens and A. speciosa , and hybrids are ...

20 / 09 / 2004 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aloe albida

Aloe albida inflorescence
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Threatened Species Programme (TSP) Pretoria February 2006 Aloe albida usually grows singly or in small groups. The ... much larger and its flowers are dull pink (Reynolds 1950). Aloe albida is found on the mountains in Barberton in ... of soil amongst or in crevices between damp, mossy rocks. Aloe albida is dependent on fire to clear grasses from their ...

06 / 02 / 2006 | Leigh Potter | TSP
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Aloe andersonii

Aloe andersonii
Common names: Mount Anderson cliff aloe (Eng.); Mount Anderson-grasaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... the species, for his companionship and help in the field. Aloe andersonii has a perennial rootstock and plants sprout ... in a sharp point, armed with 3 or 4 teeth.  Fig. 2.   Aloe andersonii , rosette of leaves . The inflorescence is a ... and 3 mm in diameter. Capsule and seed not seen. Fig. 3 . Aloe andersonii , close-up of the flower. (Photo Philip Nel) ...

19 / 10 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aloe arborescens

Common names: krantz aloe (English), kransaalwyn (Afrikaans), ikalene (Xhosa), inkalane or umhlabana (Zulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... & Kirstenbosch NBG May 2001 updated May 2004 The krantz aloe develops into a multiheaded shrub 2 -3m high with ... flowers also attract bees. The species formerly known as Aloe mutabilis is now regarded as a synonym of Aloe arborescens . It is a cliff dwelling form with smaller, ...

24 / 05 / 2004 | Andrew Hankey | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aloe brevifolia var brevifolia

Aloe brevifolia var. brevifolia
Common names: short-leaved aloe (Eng.); kleinaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... of Rare & Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) February 2010 Aloe brevifolia var. brevifolia plants usually form large ... stamens protruding slightly from the mouth of the tube. Aloe brevifolia may be distinguished from other dwarf aloes ... cannot survive for long under Highveld winter conditions. Aloe brevifolia is mainly restricted to Rûens shale ...

22 / 02 / 2010 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW
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Aloe broomii

Aloe broomii: Photo:E van Jaarsveld
Common names: mountain aloe, snake aloe (Eng.); bergaalwee, slangaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... and Ernst van Jaarsveld for helping with information on Aloe broomii in general and on its cultivation and ... of the article; Philip Nel for sharing his photograph of Aloe broomii in habitat.   Aloe broomii is a short-stemmed, robust aloe reaching a ...

12 / 02 / 2007 | Lusindiso Xulubana | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aloe castanea

Aloe castanea
Common names: cat's tail aloe (Eng.), katstertaalwyn (Afr.), borolo, suwopa, sekgopha (Northern Sotho)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... photographs, and R.R Klopper for providing the images. Aloe castanea is a perennial, evergreen, low growing, arborescent (tree-like) aloe or large shrub that grows 2 to 4 m tall, with a thick ... roots may form at the base of a branch, at the node. Aloe castanea is widespread in 2 provinces in the north ...

02 / 03 / 2020 | Ntuthuko Mabuya | Pretoria NBG
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Aloe catengiana

Aloe catengiana, flowerhead. (Image Duke Benadon)
Common names: Catengue-aloe, Catengue-aalwyn, okandolle (umbundu tongue).
Family: Asphodelaceae

... National Botanical Garden February 2008, Updated May 2014 Aloe catengiana is a scrambling shrub, mainly branched from ... during midwinter (August) in the southern hemisphere. Aloe catengiana is known only from the Catengue Railway ... ( Adansonia digitata ). Prominent succulents include Aloe littoralis , Euphorbia gracillima , Fockea multiflora , ...

12 / 05 / 2014 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aloe chabaudii

Aloe chabaudii
Common names: Chabaud’s aloe, grey aloe, Dwala aloe (Eng.); grysaalwyn (Afr.); inhlaba (siSwati, isiZulu); inkalane (isiZulu); mangani (Tswana;) tshikhopha (Venda
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Soethoudt for providing the pictures for this article. Aloe chabaudii is a stemless, perennial succulent plant with ... plants have white spots on both sides of their leaves. Aloe chabaudii inflorescences are typically much-branched and ... the seeds. Specimens of yellow and orange flowering Aloe chabaudii have been collected in both Zimbabwe and ...

18 / 03 / 2024 | Itumeleng Machete | Pretoria NBG
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Aloe challisii

Aloe challisii
Common names: Steenkampsberg cliff aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden October 2007 Aloe challisii is a fast-growing dwarf succulent with fleshy ... grey-black. Flowering occurs mainly in spring (October). Aloe challisii is known only from the upper, vertical, ... rainy season during the summer months (December onwards). Aloe challisii is pollinated by sunbirds. Aloe Propagation ...

01 / 10 / 2007 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aloe chlorantha

A group of Aloe chlorantha plants in flower
Common names: Fraserburg aloe, green-flower aloe (Eng.); Fraserburgaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Average winter temperature is 10ºC with heavy frost. Aloe chlorantha flowers in spring (October to November). ... the green leaves becoming purplish during dry periods. Aloe With its small greenish yellow flowers Aloe chlorantha is not as attractive as its close relatives. ...

12 / 12 / 2011 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aloe claviflora

Aloe claviflora with angled inflorescence
Common names: kraal aloe, cannon aloe (Eng.); aanteelaalwyn, kanonaalwyn, kraalaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Harold Porter National Botanical Garden October 2009   Aloe claviflora grows in dense groups, most often in circular ... the ground. Unlike other typical aloes in arid areas, Aloe claviflora does not have erect rosettes. Instead they ... small and winged, ripening normally around January.     Aloe claviflora is found in the extremely arid areas of South ...

05 / 10 / 2009 | Werner Voigt | Harold Porter NBG
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Aloe comosa

Aloe comosa in habitat
Common names: Clanwilliam aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Oliver Karoo Desert National Botanical Gardens July 2006 Aloe comosa is a single-stemmed aloe that under favourable conditions can reach a height of 2 ... pink hue on the upper parts. What makes this particularly aloe interesting is the fact that it flowers during the ...

03 / 07 / 2006 | Ian Oliver | Karoo Desert NBG
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Aloe condyae

Aloe condyae
Common names: Barberton cliff-aloe (Eng.); barberton grasaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... leaf tip is drawn to a sharp point (acuminate). Fig. 2. Aloe condyae in its natural habitat on a sandstone cliff ... hemisphere). Fig. 3. The inflorescence and flower of Aloe condyae . Note the densely arranged flowers. Fig. 4. The young inflorescence of Aloe condyae . Note the protective large bracts. (Photo ...

23 / 11 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aloe cooperi

Aloe cooperi
Common names: Cooper's Aloe (Eng.); isiPutumane, isiPhukutwane (isiZulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden March 2001 Aloe cooperi grows singly or in small groups from offshoots ... down. The inflorescence is simple and bold. The flowers of Aloe cooperi vary in colour from greenish-cream to apricot ... rocky areas, mainly in Natal, Swaziland and Mpumalanga. Aloe Aloe cooperi grows well in cultivation. In warm areas ...

26 / 03 / 2001 | Thompson T Mutshinyalo | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Aloe corallina

Aloe corallina
Common names: Kunene coral aloe (Eng.), Kunene-koraalaalwyn, Kunene-kransaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... point (acute). Fig. 2. Three plants of the Kunene Coral aloe ( Aloe corallina ) growing on a steep dolomite cliff-face near ... Spring, northern Namibia (Left). The base of a stem of Aloe corallina growing out of a crevice in the cliff (Right). ...

27 / 09 / 2021 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aloe cryptopoda

Common names: tweekleur-aalwyn, geelaalwyn (Afrikaans)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden June 2010   Aloe cryptopoda is usually stemless or has a short decumbent ... in diameter. It usually flowers in June and July (winter). Aloe cryptopoda is at once distinguished by its almost ... plants are variable and yellow flowering forms are known. Aloe cryptopoda has a wide distribution ranging from the ...

07 / 06 / 2010 | Patrick Mtsweni | Lowveld NBG
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Aloe dabenorisana

Aloe dabenorisana
Common names: Dabenoris aloe, Pella aloe (Eng.); pella-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Conservation, University of the Western Cape January 2021 Aloe dabenorisana is a slow-growing, long-lived, perennial ... to January southern hemisphere). Figure 2. Two clusters of Aloe dabenorisana on the Dabenorisberg, N. Cape. Aloe dabenorisana is confined to the Dabenoris and Pellaberg ...

11 / 01 / 2021 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aloe dewinteri

Aloe dewinterii
Common names: Sesfontein Aloe (Eng.); Sesfonteinaalwyn (Afr.).
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Close-up of the leaves showing the small marginal teeth of Aloe dewinterii in habitat. Aloe dewinteri is a dolomite endemic, confined to the sheer, ... Sterculia africana and a species of Urginea . Fig. 4. Aloe dewinterii sharing its habitat with Portulacaria ...

06 / 09 / 2021 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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