Gasteria pulchra
| Gasteria pulchra | |
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| Gasteria pulchra in cultivation | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Xanthorrhoeaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | Gasteria |
| Species: | G. pulchra |
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| Gasteria pulchra | |
Gasteria pulchra is a succulent plant, restricted to a locality in the Albany Thicket vegetation of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.[1]
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.
Leaf detail of a young plant
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