Aloe thraskii
{{Short description|Species of succulent flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae}}
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| authority = Baker Species was first described and published in Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 18: 180. 1880. London. {{ cite web |url=http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=529965-1 |title=Plant Name Details for Aloe thraskii |work=IPNI |access-date=August 6, 2010}}
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Aloe thraskii, the dune aloe, is a South African plant in the genus Aloe.
Description
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The dune aloe is a tall, fast-growing, un-branched aloe, which develops a very large rosette. The long, pale, grey-green leaves are deeply grooved or channeled (U-shaped in cross-section) and recurve downwards.
The orange and yellow flowers grow in short, compact, cylindrical racemes, on multi-branched inflorescences.{{Cite web|url=http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/212/|title=Introduction to Tree Aloes, part 1: the solitary, unbranched species - Dave's Garden|website=davesgarden.com|access-date=2017-08-01}}
Distribution
These plants are naturally found in dune vegetation along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape of South Africa.{{ cite book |author=Pooley, E. |year=1993 |title=The Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei |publisher=Natal Flora Publications Trust |isbn=0-620-17697-0}}
See also
References
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Category:Plants described in 1880
Category:Flora of the Cape Provinces
Category:Flora of KwaZulu-Natal
Category:Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker
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