Aloe aristata


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent

Height: 5 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: red, pink
Scientific Names

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Read about Aloe aristata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aloe aristata, Haw. (A. longiaristata, R. & S.). Lvs. erect, triangular-lanceolate, ¾ x 3-4 in., with a whip-like apical thread, white-warty in transverse lines on the back and with rather small close white marginal teeth: infl. 1-1½ ft. high; fls. 1¼ in. long, reddish yellow, the moderately long tube somewhat constricted above the base. Cape. Gt. 1883, p. 151. Salm, Aloe §15, f. 7. Lyon Hort. 22, 307. Berger 61.—In aspect resembling Haworthia. Varies in a nearly smooth- lvd. form, var. leiophylla, Baker, and a gray-lvd. form with 2-ranked tubercles, var. parvifolia, Baker. Hybrids are: A. x prorumpens, Berger, A. x Beguinii, Hort.. A. X perfectior, Berger, A. x Chludomii, Beguin, A.x Lapaixii, Radl., A. x Quehlii, Radl.. A. x Nowatnyi, Radl., A. x Bedinghausii, Radl., and A. x Simoniana, Deleuil. All are known or believed to be crosses with species of the related genus Gasteria.


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