Kingdom Plantae Clade Monocots Family Asphodelaceae Rank Species | Clade Angiosperms Order Asparagales Subfamily Asphodeloideae | |
Similar Gasteria croucheri, Gasteria acinacifolia, Gasteria polita, Gasteria glomerata, Gasteria vlokii | ||
Gasteria pulchra is a succulent plant, restricted to a locality in the Albany Thicket vegetation of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Description
It can be distinguished by its long, smooth, slender, ascending, sharp pointed leaves. It sometimes develops a short ascending stem too.
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.
References
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