ON THIS PLANT
Aloe rubroviolacea, is a succulent plant with 2 foot wide rosettes of thick, blue-green leaves crowning a thick stem. This aloe comes from steep and rocky areas above 2100 meters elevation in the mountains of Yemen and Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Peninsula. Pups often making large clusters of plants. Hanging from rock cliffs older plants can grow stems over 3 meters in length. The species was first formally described by Schweinf in 1895.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Aloe
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Arabian aloe
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