EcoFlora - Aloe

Aloe
Family: Asphodelaceae Media not available	FNA Resources Frederick H. Utech in Flora of North America (vol. 26) Plants succulent, shrubby or arborescent, scapose. Stems erect, clambering or ascending, branched or not. Leaves succulent, crowded, often rosulate or distichous; blade margins spiny-toothed or entire. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, paniculate to more often racemose, dense, bracteate. Flowers usually nodding; perianth red to yellow; tepals connate basally to almost entirely into tube; stamens 3 or 6; style slender; pedicel not articulate. Capsules papery to woody. x = 7. Aloe saponaria (Aiton) Haworth, distinguished by its yellow sap and glaucous red flowers with yellow throats, is cultivated in the southwestern United States and has been observed to escape. Apparently it persists only when supplementary water is available.
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora Aloe acutissima Media not available Map not Available Aloe affinis Map not Available Aloe angelica Map not Available Aloe arborescens Map not Available Aloe barberae Media not available Map not Available Aloe buhrii Map not Available Aloe ciliaris Map not Available Aloe dichotoma Map not Available Aloe divaricata Map not Available Aloe ferox Map not Available Aloe humilis Map not Available Aloe kilifiensis Map not Available Aloe maculata Map not Available Aloe marlothii Map not Available Aloe perfoliata Map not Available Aloe petricola Media not available Map not Available Aloe ramosissima Map not Available Aloe saponaria Map not Available Aloe schomeri Map not Available Aloe secundiflora Map not Available Aloe striata Map not Available Aloe vaombe Map not Available Aloe variegata Map not Available Aloe vera Map not Available Aloe viguieri Map not Available Aloe wickensii Media not available Map not Available Aloe x spinosissima Map not Available