Aloe griseaS.Carter & P.Brandham [family ALOACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Unknown, Aloe somaliensisC.H.Wright [family ALOACEAE ] Verified by Unknown,
Related name
Aloe grisea
Aloe somaliensis
Flora
Entry for ALOE grisea S. Carter & P. Brandham [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by J. Lavranos [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ALOE griseaS. Carter & P. Brandham [family ALOACEAE], (1983);. type: N1, “Sheikh Pass”, Bally 9662 (K holo.).
Information
Plants stemless, solitary or in small groups. Leaves spreading, triangular, 25 x 15 cm, glaucous, heavily white spotted, not shiny; margins horny, brown with sharp teeth, 1–3 mm long, 2–8 mm apart. Inflorescences erect, to 60 cm tall with 2–3 branches; racemes erect, conical to subcapitate, rather dense; bracts to 20 x 5 mm; pedicels to 30 mm long. Flowers obliquely spreading, orange-scarlet with yellow mouth; perianth cylindric with pronounced basal swelling, 23 mm long, 6 mm across the ovary, abruptly constricted to 3.5 mm, outer tepals free for 5 mm. Anthers and stigma scarcely exserted.
