Aloe arenicola
Aloe arenicola
Aloe arenicola is a species of the genus Aloe in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet is derived from the Latin thionanthum words for arena, sand ' and Cola for being inhabited ' and refers to the preferred habitat of the Art
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe arenicola grows individually or branching and forms low clumps. The prostrate trunk is up to 1 meter long. Its peak near 20 to 30 centimeters long range is ascending and leafy. The 20 - lanceolate narrowed leaves form a fairly dense rosette. The bluish-green leaf blade is 18 inches long and 5.5 inches wide. At the leaf surface are scattered irregularly oblong whitish spots. You can usually find a whitish Enddorn at the top. The teeth on the leaf margin whitish horny are 0.5 mm long and are 5 to 8 mm apart.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or consists of one or two branches and reaches a height of 50 centimeters. The dense capitate clusters are 6 inches long and 9 inches wide. The bracts have a length of 10 mm and 3 to 4 millimeters wide. The peach red bloom to 35 millimeters long pedicles. The flowers are 40 mm long, rounded at the base and lighter at the mouth. Your outer tepals are fused together on a length of 20 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude about 3 mm from the flower.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe arenicola common on sandy coastal plains in the South African provinces of Northern Cape and Western Cape.
The first description by Gilbert Westacott Reynolds was published in 1938.