Accession Data:
Aristaloe aristata (Haw.) Boatwr. & J.C.Manning
- Common Name: Torch Plant
- Family: Asphodelaceae
- Country of Origin: South Africa
- Habitat: eastern Cape, Orange Free State, Natal
- Description: Aristaloe aristata (syn. Aloe aristata) is native to the Malutis and Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho.I have found it at 7500 feet elevation in the Sehlabathebe National Park,where the climate is generally cold dry winters(to 15F) and mild wet summers. This area is the watershed for the Orange(Senqu) river.
The plant in cultivation is very easy. It is very tolerant of water and sun,but will shrivel up under drought conditions.It is a prolific offshoot producer,spring flowering.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500984
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 2202 - XER:Madagascar Spiny Thicket B
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-14-2023
- Restrictions:
- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
- BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!
- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Asphodelaceae
- SubFamily: Asphodeloideae
- Tribe:
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / Lesotho / KwaZulu-Natal / Free State
References (external):
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 14 September 2015.
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
data regenerated on Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:30:12 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
Images:
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Click on thumbnails to enlargeCurrent Accessions in the Asphodelaceae
Subfamily Asphodeloideae
- Aloe albiflora
- Aloe alooides
- Aloe arborescens
- Aloe bakeri
- Aloe berevoana W/C
- Aloe branddraaiensis W/C
- Aloe burgersfortensis
- Aloe cooperi W/C
- Aloe cremnophila
- Aloe descoingsii
- Aloe dorotheae
- Aloe ferox
- Aloe globuligemma W/C
- Aloe jucunda
- Aloe juvenna
- Aloe krapohliana
- Aloe longistyla
- Aloe maculata
- Aloe marlothii W/C
- Aloe melanacantha
- Aloe nobilis
- Aloe parvula
- Aloe polyphylla
- Aloe rauhii
- Aloe rivierei
- Aloe spicata
- Aloe thraskii
- Aloe vera
- Aloe vogtsii
- Aloiampelos ciliaris
- Aristaloe aristata
- Asphodeline liburnica
- Astroloba congesta
- Bulbine frutescens
- Bulbine margarethae W/C
- x Gasterhaworthia Royal Highness
- Gasteria batesiana
- Gasteria brachyphylla W/C
- Gasteria brachyphylla var. bayeri
- Gasteria disticha W/C
- Gasteria ellaphieae
- Gasteria glauca W/C
- Gasteria glomerata
- Gasteria nitida var. armstrongii
- Gasteria obliqua
- Gonialoe variegata
- Haworthia attenuata var. radula
- Haworthia blackburniae
- Haworthia cf. aristata W/C
- Haworthia cooperi W/C
- Haworthia cooperi var. dielsiana
- Haworthia cooperi var. truncata W/C
- Haworthia cymbiformis
- Haworthia cymbiformis
- Haworthia decipiens W/C
- Haworthia gracilis var. tenera
- Haworthia pygmaea var. acuminata W/C
- Haworthia magnifica var. splendens W/C
- Haworthia magnifica var. splendens W/C
- Haworthia marumiana var. batesiana
- Haworthia mirabilis W/C
- Haworthia mirabilis var. paradoxa
- Haworthia mirabilis var. triebneriana
- Haworthia retusa W/C
- Haworthia retusa
- Haworthia truncata W/C
- Haworthia truncata
- Haworthia turgida
- Haworthia venosa subsp. tessellata
- Haworthiopsis glauca
- Haworthiopsis limifolia W/C
- Haworthiopsis limifolia W/C
- Haworthiopsis limifolia W/C
- Haworthiopsis longiana
- Haworthiopsis reinwardtii
- Haworthiopsis viscosa W/C
- Kumara haemanthifolia W/C
- Kumara plicatilis
Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae
Subfamily Xanthorrhoeoideae
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days