Gasteria pulchra is a succulent plant restricted to a locality in the Albany thickets vegetation of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.[1]
Gasteria pulchra | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Gasteria pulchra (Aiton) Haw.
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Description
editIt 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.
References
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