Gasteria pulchra

Gasteria pulchra is a succulent plant, restricted to a locality in the Albany Thicket vegetation of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.[1]

Gasteria pulchra
Gasteria pulchra in cultivation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Gasteria
Species:
G. pulchra
Binomial name
Gasteria pulchra
(Aiton) Haw.

Description

It can be distinguished by its long, smooth, slender, ascending, sharp pointed leaves. It sometimes develops a short ascending stem.

Young plants have distichous, strap shaped leaves. In mature plants, the upper surface of the leaves becomes channeled and concave, while the lower surface becomes convex with a keel. Leaves are smooth and dark green, with white spots in bands.

Leaf detail of a young plant
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