Gasteria nitida, the Bathurst gasteria, is a succulent plant, native to the Eastern Cape grasslands of South Africa.
A smaller plant, Gasteria armstrongii, which occurs just to the west on the banks of the Gamtoos river, is often considered to be a subspecies of G.nitida, which never leaves its juvenile phase (a possible case of neoteny). The armstrongii plant has rough, tuberculate, recurved, purely distichous leaves, and a solitary unbranched inflorescence.
Label |
Gasteria nitida |
Common name |
Bathurst gasteria |
Family |
No |
Genus |
Gasteria |
Species |
Gasteria nitida |
Cultivar |
Nitida |
Therapeutic uses |
No |
Germination |
Coming soon. |
Scarification / Stratification |
No |
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