Several plants exist with a look or characteristic similar to those of the aloe flora . Many of these are part of a loose pigeonholing of plants call succulent – named for their appearance and shared traits , rather than as a botanic classification , agree to the University of Illinois Extension . Some contribution aloe ’s general shape , some its spiky leaves and sticker , while others have a likewise stocky , moisture - filled leaf .

Yucca

Yucca array in form from a plant to a buddy-buddy - caulescent Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . The Adam ’s Needle variety may support closer resemblance to aloe vera because of its exclusive hummock of sword - mold leave of absence . The leafage is a deep unripened or variegated and the tip can be spiny and acute . Yucca blooms each year , sending up a nerve centre stem that contact up to 6 fundament in height and becomes fill with bell - shaped , waxy white bloom . later on , the stalk is covered in peanut - shaped , dark-skinned brown seed pods .

Agave

Agave is popularly known as the germ of a sweetener and honey option . Agave Americana – also known as the " century plant"–has leaves with a very exchangeable pattern to those of aloe . The foliage grow to up to 6 feet long and they are line with serrate dentition . The flora can have a blue green colouration or green and yellow variegated leaves . Agave produces an extremely improbable blossom spike – sometimes reaching 20 feet – which heralds the death of the plant life to follow . Agave is usually found only in the southernmost regions of the U.S.–areas like Florida , dowery of Texas and Louisiana and the California coast .

While aloe is have a go at it for the gelatinlike liquid within its leave of absence which is often used to treat peel issues , the agave industrial plant can create a sulphurous liquid that has the potential to burn and blister skin . The spines of the plant are dangerous for ensuant touch .

Succulents

succulent in general resemble aloe vera through the shared trait of fleshy leaves . The University of Minnesota Extension lists kalanchoe and ground - hug hen and chicks among the many diversity of succulent . The list also includes hack plant , which bear fleshy lobes in place of the blade - shaped leaves . Succulents , aloe included , answer well as houseplants , requiring small care and suffering from few or no pests or disease yield . The plant usually need only a good source of calorie-free and thrifty carelessness – meaning sparse water during their sleeping time period and fertilizing only during alive growth period . Group several succulents together for a alone exhibit of superlative , foliage variation and colour .

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