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Aloe glauca, common name blue aloe in English
and blouaalwayn in Afrikaans, takes its species name from a Greek word
meaning 'bluish-gray' referring to the color of the large thick leaves
and to the powdery bloom on their surfaces. It is an essentially stemless
aloe with rosettes of up to 18" in diameter. Each rosette can produce
up to three cone-shaped inflorescences of pink to pale orange flowers.
The leaf surfaces are smooth and the margins are armed with reddish-brown
teeth. Blue aloe is restricted to the drier rocky hills and mountain
slopes of the Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa,
blooming August to October. It readily propagates by pupping.
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