Aloe maculata All.

Spice In the field Inflorescence

Family: LILIACEAE

Genus: Aloe

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Africa

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Garden plants. Cultivated specie and sometimes naturalizated.

Characteristics: A succulent plant made up of a rosette of red leaves with white spots on the leaf face and spines along the margin. Cannot be confused with A. vera as A.maculata has shorter, wider leaves of a different colouration. Additionally, the flowers of A. maculata form compact orangish colour.

Observations: There are a handful of forms of the genus Aloe with spotted leaves, many are grown in gardens, others are various species of natural origin. Diffentiation of this complex is a diffcult process.