Habit; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2090 Date of entry: 26.04.2013 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Bitter Aloe, Cape Aloe
German: Kap-Aloe
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Asparagales (46)
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae (15)(family description)
Genus: Aloe (12)
Epithet: ferox Mill. (2)
ferox => strongly fortified with thorns or spines
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: red, orange
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