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Aloe aristata
Also called Guinea Fowl Aloe, Long Awned Aloe, Lace Aloe, Partridge Breasted Aloe, Torch Plant, Torchplant
Aristaloe aristata is a small, stemless, clumping succulent from South Africa and Lesotho, grown for its rosettes of spiny-edged leaves and orange tubular flowers. It is a genus of one species and a member of the Aloe family. The key to growing it is well-drained soil and bright light, with protection from frost in very cold climates.
Aristaloe is a genus of evergreen flowering perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae from Southern Africa. Its sole species is Aristaloe aristata, known as guinea-fowl aloe or lace aloe.
It is commonly cultivated as a garden plant around the world. It prefers well-drained soils, but can tolerate a range of rainfall systems. It can also tolerate temperatures down to −7 °C (19 °F), due to its adaptation to cold mountain tops. However it may need to be grown indoors or under glass in extremely cold temperate regions, to give it some winter heat. This clumping species readily produces large numbers of offsets, which can be separated and planted as a means of propagation.
It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
It is indigenous to South Africa and Lesotho. Its natural range extends from the Karoo region of the Northern Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa, eastwards through the Free State and Lesotho, as far as the borders of Kwazulu-Natal Province.
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