Aloe mitriformis

Aloe mitriformis subsp. var.	Gold-tooth aloe, Krans aalwyn
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Aloe mitriformis, Mill. (A. xanthacantha, Salm-Dyck). Fig. 172. Lvs. upcurved, ovate, acute, 2-3x4-6in., glaucous, somewhat prickly toward the tip beneath, with large and strong yellow or brown marginal teeth: infl. 1 ft. or more high; fls. 2 in. long, bright red with recurving, paler, nearly distinct segms. Cape. DC., f 1. Gr. 99. B.M. 1270. Salm, Aloe §24. f. 3. Berger 108.— Very polymorphic, the broad-lvd. typical form, with dorsal teeth on the keel only, varying into a form with smaller marginal teeth, those on the back continuing to the apex, var pachyphylla. Baker; another, in which they stop short of the apex, var. xanthacantha, Baker (.4. xanthacantha, Willd.), Salm, Aloe §24, f. 4; and a third with acuminate lvs., var. Commelinii, Baker (A. Commelinii, Willd. A. mitriformis humilior, Haw.), Salm, Aloe §24, f. 5: narrower-lvd. forms with short and broad yellow teeth, var. flavispina, Baker (A. flavispina, Haw.), Salm, Aloe §24, f. 2; or long subulate white teeth, var. albispina, Berger (A. albispina, Haw.): and a variant of the type with scattered teeth over the back of the broad lvs., var. spinulosa, Baker (A. spinulosa, Salm), Salm, Aloe §24, f. 6. Berger 109. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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