Aloe ciliaris Haw. APNI* Description: Scrambling succulent perennial, up to 5 m long.
Leaves dispersed along stem, linear-lanceolate, convex beneath, 8–15 cm long, 1.5–2 cm broad, auriculate and stem-sheathing at base, dentate-ciliolate, with sharp teeth 1–3 mm long, becoming sparse and then absent towards attenuate apex, not spotted.
Inflorescence axillary, simple, 15–30 cm long, cylindrical-racemose, 25–30-flowered; pedicels c. 5 mm long. Flowers horizontal, pendulous at anthesis, bright red. Perianth cylindrical, c. 3 cm long; segments c. 6 mm long.
Fruit not seen.
Distribution and occurrence: Lord Howe Island, where it has escaped from cultivation and established in roadside forest in the central, inhabited part of the island. Also sparingly naturalized in Vic and WA. Native to southern Africa.
NSW subdivisions: *LHI
Other Australian states: *Vic. *W.A.
Text by P.S. Green (1994); edited KL Wilson (Aug 2016)
Taxon concept: P.S. Green (1994) Flora of Australia vol. 49
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