Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Aloe perfoliata L.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, [South Island,] Canterbury Land District, Banks Peninsula, Diamond Harbour, cultivated
Field Collection Date
06 Feb 1998
Field Collection Notes
Low succulent shrub with very short stems about 3cm in diameter, forming a dense patch. Leaves diverging at about 45° in the rosette, to 13x16cm, broad triangular, fairly thick; convex beneath and with pale greenish-yellow tubercles, some bearing a small spine margin of leaf inrolled and bearing whitish spines; upper surface of leaf smooth or with a few spines or tubercles down centre. Inflorescence more or less erect; bracts scarious, tending adpressed or parallel to rachis. Perianth about 4.5cm long, cylindrical, orange outer segments, yellowish-white inner segments; all segments with greenish apical band inside. Filaments and style pale yellow.
DUP ex CHR (518255), received from Eastwoodhill Arboretum Sept 2018
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-43.62875, 172.7315 (± 1 km)
172.7315, 172.7315 (± 1 km)
Last Update
23 Apr 2020
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