Aristaloe

Morphological Summary

Monotypic genus in the family Asphodelaceae, segregated from Aloe. Contains only Aristaloe aristata, the lace aloe, one of the world's most popular ornamental succulents thanks to its finely toothed leaves with white tubercles and tubular orange flowers. Native to South Africa and Lesotho, it is more cold-hardy than most aloes, tolerating down to −7 °C. The segregation from Aloe was proposed by Boatwright and Manning based on molecular phylogenetic analyses.