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|familia=Asphodelaceae
|genus=Aloe
|species=ferox
|common_name=Bitter aloe, Cape aloe
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=cacti-succulent
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=7
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max ht box=17
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min wd box=5
|Min wd metric=ft
|Max wd box=10
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early winter, mid winter, late winter
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=red, orange, yellow, pink
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11
|image=Upload.png
|image_width=240
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Aloe ferox, Mill. (A. perfoliàta férox, Ait. A. muricàta, Haw. A. hórrida, Haw. A. pseudoférox, Salm-Dyck. A. subférox, Spreng. Pachydendron férox, Haw. P. pseudoférox, Haw.). Exceptionally forked, 3-10 ft. high: lvs. numerous, curved, lanceolate, glaucous, becoming reddish, 4-5 x 28 in., more or less prickly on both faces, the purplish margin with rather large red- brown teeth: inn. 4 ft. high; fls. 1¼ in. long, greenish yellow, with smoky-tipped segms. longer than the rather narrow tube. Cape region. B.M. 1975. Berger 131, 132. Salm, Aloe §27, f. 5.—Varies in a whiter-lvd. form with brighter yellow black-tipped fls., var. xanthostáchys, Berger.
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Aloe supralaevis, Haw. (A. Galpinii, Baker. Pachydéndron supralaeve, Haw.). Not branched, 3-6 ft. high: lvs. numerous, upcurved, lanceolate, glaucescent. 4-6 x 20-30 in., prickly on the back only, the marginal teeth rather large, reddish brown: infl. 3 ft. or more high; fls. 1-1⅛ in. long, red-orange, becoming yellower, with segms. longer than the tube. Cape. Salm, Aloe §27, f. 6. Berger 129, 130.—Varies in a form with few if any prickles on the backs of lvs., var. erythrocárpa, Berger. Berger 130.
Aloe supralaevis, Haw. (A. Galpinii, Baker. Pachydéndron supralaeve, Haw.). Not branched, 3-6 ft. high: lvs. numerous, upcurved, lanceolate, glaucescent. 4-6 x 20-30 in., prickly on the back only, the marginal teeth rather large, reddish brown: infl. 3 ft. or more high; fls. 1-1⅛ in. long, red-orange, becoming yellower, with segms. longer than the tube. Cape. Salm, Aloe §27, f. 6. Berger 129, 130.—Varies in a form with few if any prickles on the backs of lvs., var. erythrocárpa, Berger. Berger 130.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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