Apicra pentagona

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Read about Apicra pentagona in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Apicra pentagona, Willd. (Aide pentagona, Haw. Haworthia. pentagona, Haw.). Fig. 232. St. mostly solitary, erect, 6-12 in. high; about 4 in. diam., including Lvs.: Lvs. distinctly 5-ranked, broadly triangular-lanceolate, acute, biconvex, somewhat low-keeled, ¾ x 1½-2 in., green, slightly (sometimes granularly) white-dotted, the margin slightly granular: infl. 1½ ft. high, sometimes forked; fls. greenish, ⅜ in. long, twice as long as the pedicels. Cape. Jacq., Fragm. 111. B.M. 1338. Salm, Aloe §1. f. 4. Berger 40.—Varies into forms with Lvs. less obviously 5-ranked: large, in somewhat evident oblique ranks, var. Willdenfiwii, Baker (A. spiralis. Willd. Aloe spiralis, Haw. A. pentagona spiralis, Salm-Dyck), Salm, Aloe §1. f. 5; smaller, scarcely in distinct ranks, var. spirella, Baker (Aloe spirella, Sahn- Dyck. Haworthia spirella, Haw.), Salm, Aloe §1. f. 3.


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