what's that word for unknown gender? it starts with an a...? and Aloe polyphylla #3

what's that word for unknown gender? it starts with an a...?

inflorescence best answer:

Answer by BrazilVolley
its androgenous

inflorescence

Aloe polyphylla #3


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Asphodelaceae - South Africa
Spiral Aloe
Shown: Detail of emerging, branched inflorescence

"Aloe, also written Aloë, is a genus containing about four hundred species of flowering succulent plants. The most common and well known of these is Aloe vera, or "true aloe".

"The genus is native to Africa, and is common in South Africa's Cape Province, the mountains of tropical Africa, and neighbouring areas such as Madagascar, the Arabian peninsula, and the islands off Africa.

"The APG II system (2003) placed the genus in the family Asphodelaceae. In the past it has also been assigned to families Aloaceae and Liliaceae or lilly family. Members of the closely allied genera Gasteria, Haworthia and Kniphofia, which have a similar mode of growth, are also popularly known as aloes. Note that the plant sometimes called American aloe (Agave americana) belongs to Agavaceae, a different family.

"Most Aloe species have a rosette of large, thick, fleshy leaves. The leaves are often lance-shaped with a sharp apex and a spiny margin. Aloe flowers are tubular, frequently yellow, pink or red and are borne on densely clustered, simple or branched leafless stems.

"Many species of Aloe appear to be stemless, with the rosette growing directly at ground level; other varieties may have a branched or unbranched stem from which the fleshy leaves spring. They vary in colour from grey to bright-green and are sometimes striped or mottled. Some Aloes native to South Africa are arborescent." (Wikipedia)

Detailed description of Aloe poyphylla:
www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/aloepoly.htm

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Photographed in U.C. Botanical Garden at Berkeley - Berkeley, California

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