Aloe Burgerfortensis - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds Artemesia

Aloe Burgerfortensis - Indigenous South African Succulent - 10 Seeds ArtemesiaAloe is a genus containing about 400 species of flowering succulent plants. The most common and well known of these is Aloe vera, or "true aloe". The genus is native to Africa, and is common in South Africa's Cape Province, the mountains of tropical Africa, and neighbouring areas such as Madagascar, the Arabian peninsula, and the islands of Africa. Most Aloe species have a rosette of large, thick, fleshy leaves. The leaves are often lance shaped with

These distinctive plants are among those known as "living stones"

but beware

Winter rain

stem inclined

Growing 10cm to 25cm with scented pink/purple/blue flowers marked with yellow

mature trees commonly without thorns

seed and embryo which looks like in all details to Astrophytum capricorne

and as is the case with most peppers

The pistils have one ovule

The crown is often densely rounded as a result of the repeatedly forked branches

The fruits are ovoid to obovoid shaped achenes that are collected together in a tight cluster

The achenes are beaked and some species have feathery hairs attached to them