Aloe glauca - Blouaalwyn Seeds

Aloe glauca Seeds

Family: Asphodelaceae

Common Names: Blouaalwayn, which literally means Blue Aloe when translated.

Aloe glauca is not easily mistaken for another aloe species, it is distinguished from other aloes by it's large greyish-blue leaves. Aloe glauca varies quite a bit throughout it's distribution area.

Aloe glauca get's its specie name from the greyish-blue colour of its leaves. 'Glauca' means grey. 

Distribution

Aloe glauca can be found on rocky hills and mountain slopes. It prefers the drier parts of the south-western Cape. From Swellendam in the south to Laingsburg in the north and steinkopf in the Namaqualand.

Description of Aloe glauca

Stem: Stems are very short to non-existent.

Leaves: Leaves are a greyish-blue colour with faint longitudinal lines, up to 400mm in length. Leaf surfaces are smooth with fine thorns near the tip of the leaf, no marks are present on the leaves. Leaf margins are armed with reddish-brown teeth.

Flower Description

Inflorescence: Inflorescence is simple, cone shaped, up to three inflorescences are borne on a single rosette.

Flower: Flowers can be pink to pale orange in colour. Buds on the raceme point upwards while the open flowers become pendulous.

Flowering Time: Aloe glauca flowers from August through to Otober.

This aloe requires full sun.

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