Aloe verecunda leaves

The dull-green to blue-green leaves of the variable Aloe verecunda are arranged in the form of a fan on young plants (the arrangement distichous), whilst older plants may develop the common aloe leaf rosette or the leaves twisting spirally. There are about nine leaves per stem. 

The leaf-shape is narrowly linear and long. The outer surface of the channelled leaf has many wart-like, white spots or tubercles in their lower parts. The margins have small, soft pale teeth, fairly widely spaced. Leaf dimensions are about 30 cm long and 9 mm wide. The leaf sap is clear.

The leaves are sometimes deciduous, dying back in winter. The dry leaves often burn with the winter grass, the plant resprouting from its perennial, subterranean base (Frandsen, 2017; Craib, et al, 2005; Van Wyk and Smith, 2003; Reynolds, 1974; Jeppe, 1969; iNaturalist).