| It is easily identified from other similiar species with conspicuous sharp spines on the leaves in that it is the only known aloe whose spines spring from tuberculate white base bumps. It is perhaps one of the most well known Aloes to South Africans as it was depicted on the old nickle 10 cent piece. Origin and Habitat: Aloe aculeataSN|594]]SN|594]] can be found in several areas in south Africa (Northern Province, Mpumalanga) and it extends into Zimbabwe. Habitat: It is found in rocky areas in grassland and open bushveld. Description: Aloe aculeataSN|722]]SN|594]] is a (usually) solitary stemless rosette which grows up to approximately 60(-100) cm high, 30(-100) in diameter if not contained by pot. The name 'aculeata' means prickly and refers to the presence of the many tuberculate spines on the leaf surfaces. Rosette: Each rosette is composed by flattish fat leaves that arch upward like a bowl, though as plants age, plants tend to fall over a bit and lose this semicircular sillohuette. Leaves: Long and quite broad at the base , 120mm wide, from dull green to turquoise with reddish-brown triangular teeth (or thorns) on the margins and undersides. These warty spines have a different white base colour which give the plant a mottled appearance. The spines is variable, and many older plant populations have no more spines. Flowers: Some specimens are uniform in colour while others bicoloured, Colors are variable from red to orange to red and yellow, all the way to greenish yellow. Flowers are tubular in shape, 40mm in length, and flattened downward helping distinguish this aloes from most other non-suckering, stemless South African Aloes. In young plants the infloresence is single up 1 m tall, as the plant matures the inflorescence may split into three or four branches. Each raceme is long and narrow and gradually tapers to the tip. Blooming season: Mid winter (in northern hemisphere) . Remarks: Aloe pegleraeSN|594]]SN|722]] can be mistaken for Aloe aculeataSN|722]]SN|594]] when not in flower, but the presence of thorns on both leaf surface is a characteristic unique to Aloe pegleraeSN|594]]SN|722]]. Common Names include: Red Hot Poker Aloe -
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