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Aloe ambigens

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Aloe ambigens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Aloe
Species:
A. ambigens
Binomial name
Aloe ambigens

Aloe ambigens is a rare aloe native to Somalia, but only one locality in the Mudug region is currently known.[2]

Description

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Stem aloe that grows slowly to about 40 cm.[3] Leaves a green teal color, and it grows rosettes on stems. They rarely offset making propagation of this rarity hard. The leaves are at first distichous meaning they grow in rows, one opposite of other..[2]

Flowers

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A couple of small flowers on a branched inflorescence. It bears a dusky pink colored flowers with white tips and the flowers are tubular on loose racemes.[2]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/201364/2702486
  2. ^ a b c "Aloe ambigens Chiovenda | ISI 2020". media.huntington.org. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  3. ^ "Open Herbarium - Aloe ambigens". openherbarium.org. Retrieved 2024-11-04.