Aloe succotrina

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Read about Aloe succotrina in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aloe succotrina, Lam. (A. soccotrina, DC. A. perfoliata soccotrina, Ait. A. socotrina, Steph. & Church. A. vera, Mill.). Scarcely cespitose, the dichotomously branched st. at length 3-4 ft. high: lvs. falcately up- curved, gradually narrowed, pale or glaucous, sometimes white-blotched toward the base, 1½-2x 15-20 in., the margin serrate with small connate white prickles: infl 2 ft. high; fls. 1¼ in. long, light red, the distinct segms. green-nerved. Cape. DC., PI. Gr. 85. Salm, Aloe §22, f. 1. B.M. 472. Stephenson & Church- hill, Med. PI. 110. Berger 113.—Varies in a form with more armed, broader, shorter and straighter lvs., var. saxigena, Berger.


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