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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Stem erect. Leaves linear and grass-like, widening to 4-5 cm at the sheathing base, dying back to the base in the dry season. Pedicels 2.5-3 cm long. Perianth 35-40 cm long, orange-scarlet to bright coral pink; tepals green-tipped. Bracts 20 mm long or more, ovate to ovate-acuminate, not more than three times as long as broad. Perianth 35-40 mm long. |
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Derivation of specific name: | nuttii: named after W.H. Nutt, who collected in the Lake Tanganyika area in the 1890s, |
Habitat: | Miombo woodland, dambo grassland, moist montane grassland. |
Altitude range: | 1450 - 2560 m |
Flowering time: | Feb |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
Malawi distribution: | N |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Monday 11 March 2019 |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 192 - 193. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 292. (Includes a picture). Carter, S. (2001). Aloaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(3) Pages 64 - 66. (Includes a picture). Carter, S., Lavranos, J.J., Newton, L.E. & Walker, C.C. (2011). Aloes, The Definitive Guide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 978 1 84246439 7 Page 145. (Includes a picture). Lane, S.S. (2004). A Field Guide to the Aloes of Malawi Umdaus Press, Hatfield South Africa. Pages 5 - 6. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 107. Williamson, G. (2002). Notes on Zambian Aloes Aloe 39(3&4) Pages 83 - 91. (Includes a picture). |
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