Gasteria batesiana
| Gasteria batesiana | |
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| Gasteria batesiana in cultivation | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Xanthorrhoeaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | Gasteria |
| Species: | G. batesiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Gasteria batesiana Rowley | |
Gasteria batesiana is a species of succulent plant, native to the inland escarpment in the far north-east of South Africa.[1]
Description
This relatively small, variable species of Gasteria has extremely rough, pointed leaves, that eventually form a rosette (though leaves in seedlings are distichous as with all Gasterias). The mottled leaves usually have a strong keel, meaning that they are triangular in cross-section. They also have many tiny white spots, which occur in bands, giving a faint row of stripes on the leaves surfaces.
Distribution
It is the most northerly of all Gasteria species, occurring from northern KwaZulu-Natal province, through Swaziland and Mpumalanga, as far north as the Olifants River in Limpopo Province. Here it occurs in rocky terrain in bushveld vegatation.
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