Aloe thraskii

Aloe thraskii, the dune aloe, is a South African plant in the genus Aloe.

Aloe thraskii
Conservation status
CITES Appendix II
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Asphodeloideae
Genus:	Aloe
Species:	A. thraskii
Binomial name
Aloe thraskii Baker
Synonyms[1]
Aloe fraskii Croucher

Description

The orange-yellow flowers, growing on the typically compact, cylindrical racemes

Young plant in cultivation

The dune aloe is a tall, fast-growing, un-branched aloe, which develops a very large rosette. The long, pale, grey-green leaves are deeply grooved or channeled (U-shaped in cross-section) and recurve downwards.

The orange and yellow flowers grow in short, compact, cylindrical racemes, on multi-branched inflorescences.^[2]

Distribution

These plants are naturally found in dune vegetation along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape of South Africa.^[3]

See also

• Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Hotspot