Aloe tenuior Haworth (1825)

DESCRIPTION: plant with branching stem, erect 80 cm, to 300 cm long 1,5 cm thick, becoming decumbent or scrambling in vegetation. Leaves laxly rosulate, sometimes persistent up to 20 cm, linear lanceolate, 10-18x1-2 cm, glaucous green, margins very narrow, white, white teeth to 0,5 mm long and 1-2 mm apart. Inflorecence simple or with 1-2 branches, 40-50 cm long, racemes cylindrical, slightly acuminate. Flowers yellow or red..
DISTRIBUTION: RSA, precise locality not recorded
CULTIVATION: Very easy to grow.

Aloe tenuior
Aloe tenuior
In cultivation