Aloe obscura


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Read about Aloe obscura in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aloe obscura, Mill. (A. perfoliata obscura, Ait. A. saponaria obscura, Haw. A. pitta, Thunb. A. piela major, Willd. A. macidata, Desf.). Lvs. in a compact rosette, 2½-3 x 8 in., triangular-lanceolate, green, striate and with scattered small pale blotches, the sinuate, narrowly cartilaginous margin with rather short and close red-tipped teeth: infl. simple or forked, 2½-3 ft. high; fls. 1¼ in. long, red, the nerved segms. about equaling the tube. Cape region. DC., PI. Gr. 97. B.M. 1323. Salm, Aloe §23, f. 2. Dillenius, Eltham. 15. Allgem. Deutsch. Gart. Mag. 6:17. Hybrid: A. x pseudopicta, Berger.


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