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Jan 19, 2024 11:07 AM CST
Name: Baja
Baja California (Zone 11b)
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Altman Plants, a main supplier of succulents to Home Depot, has a long history of getting aloe names wrong. In all fairness, they do get most of their names right. And they do put out some beautiful plants. But in this case the name on the label does not correspond to the contents of the container, judging by the appearance of the flower.

When in doubt I would recommend spending a few minutes looking at images in the database here, which have been screened pretty well for accuracy in identification. The flower is usually the most useful part of an aloe plant for identification purposes.

And a warning I like to include with any aloe that is supposed to be medicinal: do not trust the label on any plant you would like to use for medicine unless you already have a lot of experience with the genus. Confirm the flowers are a match for the species in question first.

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