Aloe gracilis
Aloe gracilis
Aloe gracilis is a species of the genus Aloe in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ). The specific epithet gracilis comes from Latin and means 'lean'.
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Aloe gracilis grows forming stem and branches from the base. The upright stems are up to 2 feet long and about 2 inches wide. The lanceolate leaves are arranged scattered along the stems on the top 30 to 60 centimeters. Your dull green leaf blade is 25 inches long and 2.5 inches wide. The solid white teeth on the leaf margin are 1 mm long and are 2 to 5 millimeters apart. The bright green, lined leaf sheaths have a length of 10 to 15 millimeters.
Inflorescences and flowers
The inflorescence is simple or consists of one or two branches. He is 20 to 30 inches long. The fairly dense, cylindrical to slightly conical grapes are about 10 inches long and consist of 20 to 30 flowers. The deltoid narrowed bracts have a length of 5 mm and 2-3 mm wide. The bright red to scarlet flowers are yellowish at its mouth, you stand at 8 mm long pedicles. The flowers are 40 to 45 millimeters long and rounded at their base. Above the ovary they are hardly narrowed. Your outer tepals are not fused together over a length of about 10 to 12 millimeters. The stamens and the style protrude up to 1 millimeter from the flower.
Genetics
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Systematics and distribution
Aloe gracilis is common in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa in thickets on rocky hills.
The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1825.
Synonyms are Aloe laxiflora N.E.Br. (1906 ) and Aloiampelos gracilis ( Haw. ) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. ( 2013).