Aloe greatheadii var. davyana (Schönland) Glen & D.S.Hardy

Variety

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Aloe > Aloe greatheadii

Characteristics

It has a ring of 12 leaves 10-20 cm long by 10 cm wide. They are green and more pale underneath. There are white spot in bands. There are 1-3 flower stems 60-100 cm long, each with 3-5 branches near the base.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-9

Usage

Uses bee plant environmental use food medicinal vertebrate poison
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -3
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Aloe greatheadii var. davyana unspecified picture

Distribution

Aloe greatheadii var. davyana world distribution map, present in eSwatini

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:953907-1
WFO ID wfo-0000758256
COL ID 5M5L7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aloe barbertoniae Aloe comosibracteata Aloe davyana Aloe labiaflava Aloe mutans Aloe verdoorniae Aloe davyana var. subolifera Aloe greatheadii var. davyana