Aloe aristata
Aloe aristata
Aloe aristata is a species of the genus Aloe in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet aristata comes from the Latin, means awned ' and refers to the grannenartigen leaf tips of Art
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe aristata grows stemless, rarely individually, and usually forms dense clumps that consist of up to twelve rosettes. Your 100-150 lanceolate green leaves run out into a long, dry, grannenartige bristle. The leaf blade is 8 to 10 inches long and 1 to 1.5 inches wide. At the leaf surface are scattered small white spots, which are more numerous on the bottom and sometimes more or less arranged in transverse bands. On the upper leaf surface are close to the blade tip several soft white prickles. On the underside of leaves, the soft white prickles are arranged in one or two rows near the blade tip. At the leaf margins sit 1 to 2 millimeters apart, 1 to 2 millimeters long soft white teeth.
Inflorescences and flowers
The only occasional simple inflorescence is usually from two to six branches and reaches a height of 50 centimeters. Consisting of 20 to 30 individual flowers loose, almost kopfige grape is 15 to 20 inches long and 12 to 15 inches wide. Your bracts are 11 to 12 millimeters long. The jaspisroten at the top and lighter at the bottom flowers are worn by 35 mm long pedicles. They are 40 mm long and rounded at the base and have a diameter of 7 millimeters at the level of the ovary to. In the flowers are slightly narrowed to 6 millimeters and extends towards the mouth. The outer tepals are fused together on a length of 7 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude 1 to 2 millimeters from the perianth.
Genetics
The chromosome number for Aloe aristata is.
Systematics and distribution
Aloe aristata is common in the South African provinces of Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State and KwaZulu -Natal and Lesotho on sandy plains to grassy mountain slopes.
The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1825. Synonyms are Aloe longiaristata Schult. & Schult.f. (1829 ), Aloe aristata var leiophylla Baker ( 1880), Aloe aristata var parviflora Baker (1896) and Aloe ellenbergii Guillaumin (1934 ).