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Lily?

Notes:

This is in the lily family, but that's all i know about it. The pictures are in backwards order of blooming from mid-January back through December.




2 species ID suggestions

None
Aloe aculeata
jprat001
jprat001 a year ago
Aloe
Aloe cryptopoda (syn: Aloe wickensii) PlantFiles: Picture #7 of Aloe (Aloe cryptopoda)

7 Comments

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 months ago

Picture #6 has seed pods.

jprat001
jprat001 a year ago

definitely an aloe species, so it would be in the asphodelaceae family

Ava T-B
Ava T-B a year ago

Nope, the leave are completely different from Aloe arborescense (Krantz aloe) seen here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/819...

Apple
Apple a year ago

If it is aculeata it is often called Red Hot Poker Aloe as its common name which is why it might be thought of as a lily since Red Hot Poker often referred to as Torch Lily is thought of as a lily even though it is not.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B a year ago

Susi T-B can you ID this? I know it looks like an aloe but I'm pretty sure it's in the lily family.

Apple
Apple a year ago

There are thorns on the edges but aculeata has thorns all over the leaf structure.

Apple
Apple a year ago

It is definitely aloe but I doubt that it is aculeata as that is a thorny version of aloe and these leaves do not appear to have any thorns.

San Diego, California, USA

Lat: 32.82, Long: -117.13

Spotted on Jan 1, 2012
Submitted on Feb 23, 2012

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