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Aloe aculeata
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By turn-off to Chiredzi near Birchenough Bridge, Save Valley
Photo: Bart Wursten
By turn-off to Chiredzi near Birchenough Bridge, Save Valley
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Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo CL.
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Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo CL.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo CL.
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Along Zvishavane - Mbalabala road
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Zvishavane - Mbalabala road
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Red hot poker aloe (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust, stemless succulent perennial, solitary or in small groups, non-suckering. Leaves in a dense rosette, often erect and somewhat incurved, up to 60 cm long, grey-green when fresh, purple-bronze under dry conditions, with scattered prickles on whitish tubercles, mainly on the undersurface of the leaves. Inflorescence erect, up to 1.25 m, simple or 1-3-branched in older specimens. Flowers in densely flowered tall, cylindric racemes, bright red to greenish-yellow. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | aculeata: prickly |
| Habitat: | In grassland or deciduous woodland, usually on bare soil or among rocks where it is protected from fires. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 300 - 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | May - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | South Africa and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 13 July 2018 |
| Literature: |
Carter, S. (2001). Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 84 - 85. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 3. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 84. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 115. West, O. (1974). A Field Guide to the Aloes of Rhodesia. Longman, Salisbury Pages 85 - 86. (Includes a picture). |
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