Entry for ALOE kniphofioides Baker [family ALOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
ALOE kniphofioidesBaker [family ALOACEAE], in Hook. Ic. t. 1939
Information
acaulescent; leaves linear, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, 1/8– 1/6 in. broad, hardly at all fleshy; margin with minute deltoid spines; inflorescence a lax simple raceme, nearly a foot long; bracts scariose, ovate-acuminate, the lower 1/2– 5/8 in. long; pedicels ascending, the lower as long as the bracts; perianth cylindrical, pale-red, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. long; segments linear-oblong, 1/3 in. long, tipped with green; stamens and style shorter than the perianth. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Pondoland; damp grassy places on Mount Enkansweni, near the high road between the rivers Umtamvuna and Emagusheni, 4000 ft.? Tyson, 2829!
