Tufted herb to c. 1.5 m high, spreading by thick, branched rhizomes. Leaves linear, 35–80 cm long and 0.5–2 cm wide. Inflorescence erect, 1–1.2 m tall with a dense, subspicate raceme, 7–11 cm long. Flowers spreading or pendulous, 35–40 mm long, tubular for most of their length; perianth whorls similar, green turning yellow to red at anthesis; staminal filaments filiform, anthers small; ovary ovoid, 4–5 mm long. Capsule trigonous, elongate-ovoid, 7–14 mm long. Seeds numerous, c. 3 mm long and 1.5 mm wide. Flowers Jul.
GleP, VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, CVU, EGL, HSF, OtR, Strz. Also NSW. Native to southern Africa. A popular garden ornamental which has become naturalised in rear-dune swales near the western tip of Phillip Is. (Western Port).
Source:
Conran, J.G. (1994). Aloeaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 716–717. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
