Inflorescence; Jardim Eduardo VI, Lisbon, Portugal; 12/2010 © Jörn Germer
Foliage; Jardim Eduardo VI, Lisbon, Portugal; 12/2010 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion; Jardim Eduardo VI, Lisbon, Portugal; 12/2010 © Jörn Germer
Habit, growing alongside Dicranopteris linearis; Jardim Eduardo VI, Lisbon, Portugal; 12/2010 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1500 Date of entry: 02.01.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Common climbing Aloe
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Asparagales (46)
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae (15)(family description)
Genus: Aloe (12)
Epithet: ciliaris Haw. (3)
ciliaris => fringed, as with eyelashes
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb, shrub
Flower colour: orange
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