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