Lace Aloe (Aristaloe aristata) in the Aloes Database

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Plant Height:	8 inches
Plant Spread:	Up to 10 inches or more
Leaves:	Evergreen Other: Dark green leaves with soft white teeth on the edges. Small white dots cover the leaves.
Fruit:	Dehiscent
Fruiting Time:	Late spring or early summer
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Other: Orange-red to coral
Bloom Size:	1"-2"
Flower Time:	Late spring or early summer Year Round
Inflorescence Height:	Up to 20 inches
Foliage Mound Height:	approximately 8 inches
Suitable Locations:	Xeriscapic Houseplant
Uses:	Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Hummingbirds Other Beneficial Insects: Blooms are nectar rich, but the nectar contains a bee repellent, so nectar is harvested by birds.
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Gophers/Voles Squirrels Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Can handle transplanting Other info: Sow seeds in sandy soil. Seeds germinate in a few weeks at temperatures between 68 and 75 degrees F. Seedlings need moist but well-drained soil.
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Stem Offsets Other: Stems cut below a node root easily. Cut a stem that has gotten leggy, let it dry out for at least a few hours to form a seal on the cut surface. Place the cutting in rooting medium kept moist, but not wet, until roots form.
Pollinators:	Birds Bees
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous:	Tolerates poor soil
Awards and Recognitions:	RHS AGM

Common names

Lace Aloe
Guinea-Fowl Aloe
Serelei
Langnaaldaalwyn
Umathithibala
Aloe

Botanical names

Accepted: Aristaloe aristata
Synonym: Aloe aristata

Also sold as:

Gasteria aristata

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2022-09-14

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Date: 2018-11-03

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Date: 2023-08-09

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Date: 2020-01-04
Early winter

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Date: August 2, 2020

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Date: 2016-01-12

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-09-13

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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2020-01-03
Growing outdoors in the Willamette Valley, OR, zone 8.

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Location: Arenas Valley, NM My Greenhouse
Date: 2019-06-28

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-08-05
6 inch pot, full sun

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2019-09-09
Raised white tubercles on lower leaf surface

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Date: 2016-06-07

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Date: 2023-07-03

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Date: 2021-08-07

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2020-09-21
3 gallon (10 inch) pot

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Date: 2018-01-22
Potted with an aloe and a crassula

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Location: Holmes Beach FL
Date: 2015-06-11

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2020-06-06

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2018-10-10

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-09-18
Terminal bristle

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Date: 2020-03-01
Multiple plants at a market

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-05-03
Cold Hardy Form

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Location: Longwood Gardens
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Location: Scranton, Pennsylvania
Date: 2023-02-26
Lace Aloe

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-09-18

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Date: 2015-01-22
I believe this is gasteria aristata though there is no name on th

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Location: Valdosta, Georgia
Date: 2021-06-01
Lace Aloe (Aristaloe aristata)

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Location: Valdosta, Georgia
Date: 2021-06-02
Lace Aloe (Aristaloe aristata)

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Location: Valdosta, Georgia
Date: 2021-06-10
Lace Aloe (Aristaloe aristata)

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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-09-18
Upper leaf surface has much fewer spines

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Comments:

Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Jan 23, 2017 7:47 PM concerning plant:

Small, usually suckering aloe from South Africa and Lesotho with green leaves that taper to a dry terminal bristle. Dotted with white tubercles. Looks like a Haworthia. Often found at high altitudes, and unusually cold tolerant for an aloe. The rosette has a very different form depending on exposure, from open (50% shade) to clenched shut (full sun).

Somewhat susceptible to rot in cultivation (grow on the dry side with excellent drainage and strong light).

Large orange-red flowers for the size of the plant, and often a repeat bloomer. A frequent parent of hybrids in cultivation. Stoloniferous.

Recently moved from Aloe to a new monotypic genus, Aristaloe, based on a 2014 molecular analysis of phylogeny which places it close to Tulista (former Haworthia spp.) and Gonialoe (former Aloe spp.).

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