Aloe fouriei D.S.Hardy & Glen

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Aloe

Characteristics

Short-stemmed grass aloe, solitary or forming small clumps; stems ±150 mm tall, with old leaf bases adhering in apical ±100 mm. Leaves distichous, 275-350 x 10-25 mm, canaliculate, not keeled, grass-green, margins armed with teeth ±0.4 mm long, 0.6 mm wide and 2.5 mm apart; old leaves dying back with persistent dead apices, and with white spots on abaxial surfaces. Inflorescence a subdense, capitate raceme of ±20 flowers; peduncle ±400 mm long, with ovate-acute sterile bracts; floriferous bracts with many nerves, ±16 x 8 mm. Flowers 35-40 mm long, 11-13 mm in diameter at base, 6-8 mm at mouth; all segments free to base, outer segments orange with green apices, inner segments yellow with green apices; pedicels pale green, 23-45 mm long, lengthening in fruit. Anthers included. Style included.
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Shortly, caulescent, succulent herb, up to 150 mm tall, solitary. Leaves not fibrous, margins usually minutely dentate, distichous, 275-350 x 10-25 mm. Raceme capitate. Flowers with outer segments orange, inner segments yellow, apices green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 9-9
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Aloe fouriei world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:932700-1
WFO ID wfo-0000758210
COL ID 668F2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aloe fouriei