Aloe aristata

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 Aloe aristata subsp. var.  Lace aloe, Torch plant
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Habit: cacti-succulent
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Lifespan: perennial
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Poisonous:
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
Exposure: sun
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Features: flowers
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USDA Zones: 9 to 11
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Flower features: red, pink
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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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