Aloe peglerae

This species occurs along the northern dip slopes of the Magaliesberg and the Witwatersberg, the range just south and parallel to it. The species is named after Alice Marguerite Pegler , a botanist and naturalist who collected at first around Kentani, and later in the vicinity of Johannesburg and Rustenburg. Her failing eyesight and health led her to confine her attention to algae and fungi. She was paid the exceptional honour of being made a member of the Linnaean Society.

Aloe peglerae Schönland ("Fez aloe") is a small, stemless South African aloe 300-400 mm in diameter, and 300-400 mm in height, glaucous leaves strongly incurved to form a compact, spherical rosette. Inflorescence in July and August, usually a single cylindrical spike 300-400 mm tall, occasionally forked. Visible portion of filaments deep purple in colour. Occurring along the northern dip slopes of the Magaliesberg and Witwatersberg, the range just south and parallel to it. More

Aloe peglerae ias considered critically rare due to a small population and collection. Distribution: Gauteng (central Transvaal), Aloe peglerae is found on high, rocky, north-facing slopes of the Magaliesberg. Description of Aloe peglerae: Stem: Solitary rosettes and rarely will smasll groups form on short or absent stems. More