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Gasteria acinacifolia

Flowers
Common names: coast ox-tongue (Eng.); kus-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... are 6-8 x 5-6 mm. Flowering time: September to December. Gasteria acinacifolia is one of 21 recognized Gasteria species, all endemic to South Africa and is ... and the fragmented parts simply re-sprout. It resembles Gasteria pulchra which has much smaller leaves and an erect ...

30 / 05 / 2005 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria armstrongii

Gasteria armstrongii
Common names: flat-leaf gasteria (Eng.); platblaar-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... flattish. Flowering period: January-February (midsummer). Gasteria armstrongii is related to G. nitida which is a much ... a true stone plant resembling its pebbly background. Gasteria armstrongii grows in a fynbos community known as ... is about 22°C and the average daily minimum about 12°C. Gasteria armstrongii grows on pebbly soil, merging with the ...

30 / 05 / 2011 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria barbae

Gasteria barbae growing in crevice
Common names: Hakerville gasteria
Family: Asphodelaceae

... ×1.5–2.0 mm. Flowering time: November (late spring). Gasteria barbae is confined to coastal cliffs between Robberg ... and species of Phylica . Its closest relative, the large Gasteria acinacifolia , with smooth adult leaves and a ... new species, and mostly associated with dune vegetation. Gasteria polita , another fynbos species, grows away from the ...

31 / 03 / 2015 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria batesiana

Flowers of Gasteria batesiana
Common names: wart-leaf gasteria (Eng.); knoppies-beestong (Afr.); indvololwane (siSwati)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... seed 4-6 mm x 2-3 mm. Flowering time: October to December Gasteria batesiana has the most northerly distribution in the ... the cultivar name 'Mzimduzi'. The most attractive form of Gasteria batesiana originates from Barberton in Mpumalanga, ... yet been re-located. However it lives on in cultivation. Gasteria batesiana var. dolomitica has also fairly recently ...

13 / 03 / 2006 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria baylissiana

Flowering stem
Common names: Suurberg ox-tongue (Eng.); Suurberg-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... long and the seeds are oblong, 4 mm long, 3 mm wide. Most Gasteria species are confined to the Eastern Cape. Gasteria baylissiana is one of about 12 Gasteria species with a restricted distribution. It is found ...

27 / 05 / 2013 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana

Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana
Common names: dwarf ox-tongue, lilliput gasteria (Eng.), klein-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2002 Gasteria bicolor var. liliputana proliferates from the base ... seeds 2-3 mm in diameter, with a wing for wind dispersal. Gasteria bicolor  var.  liliputana  is a rare endemic of ... in winter. Rainfall is variable, even in summer, and this gasteria is able to survive periods of drought. Eastern Cape ...

09 / 09 / 2002 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria brachyphylla

Gasteria brachypylla growin near Oudtshoorn
Common names: Klein Karoo ox-tongue (Eng.); Klein Karoo-beestong, boesmanrys (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... and the flattish black seeds 3-4 mm long, 2-3 mm wide. Gasteria brachyphylla is closely related to G. disticha which ... immediately recognized by its smooth often shiny texture. Gasteria brachyphylla is an attractive medium-sized Gasteria species. Two varieties of Gasteria brachyphylla are ...

27 / 08 / 2012 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria camillae

Gasteria camillae
Common names: camilla gasteria (Eng.); camilla-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Flowering time is late spring to early summer. Fig. 2. Gasteria camillae in its native habitat on a sheer cliff in ... South Africa. Note the greyish green leaves and stems. Gasteria camillae is only known at present from 2 localities ... is semi-arid, however, in the protected kloofs where Gasteria camillae grows the rainfall is estimated at about ...

15 / 06 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria carinata

Gasteria carinata growing in its natural habitat (Near Bredasdorp, W. Cape)
Common names: Keeled ox-tongue, Bredasdorp gasteria (Eng.); Bredasdorp-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... hemisphere) but with a peak in spring (September-October). Gasteria carinata is related to G. nitida which has bright ... is open, up to 1 m tall, interspersed with taller shrubs. Gasteria carinata is very variable in leaf shape, colour and ... remain opposite and have a densely tuberculate surface. Gasteria carinata proliferates from stolons from the base of ...

09 / 04 / 2012 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria croucheri

Gasteria croucheri flowers
Common names: forest gasteria, forest ox-tongue, Natal gasteria (Eng.); bosaalwee, oukossies, Natal beestong (Afr.); impundu, iqhomololo (isiZulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... 2004 Conservation information updated September 2016   Gasteria croucheri is a solitary or cluster-forming plant, up ... mm long. Flowering time is from late spring to summer. Gasteria croucheri has a wide distribution from the Mzimvubu ... but with the occasional cold fronts and ample winter rain. Gasteria croucheri , like all the other gasterias, has ...

21 / 06 / 2004 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria disticha

Gasteria disticha var. disticha growing in its natural habitat in Succulent Karoo vegetation near Robertson
Common names: Great Karoo ox-tongue (Eng.); grootkaroo-beestong, boesmanrys (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Flowering period: July-February, but mainly in September. Gasteria disticha is closely related to G. brachyphylla which ... Valley Karoo Bioregion) in Succulent Karoo vegetation. Gasteria disticha var. langebergensis is immediately ... former Curator of the Karoo National Botanical Garden. Gasteria disticha var. langebergensis in its natural ...

30 / 07 / 2012 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria doreeniae

Gasteria doreeniae growing in its natural habitat at Swartwaterspoort (E. Cape)
Common names: Doreen's gasteria (Eng); Swartwaterspoort-beestong (Afr)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... capsule is 18 mm long, the seeds 3-4×2-3 mm, black. Gasteria doreeniae is one of 7 Gasteria species growing on cliffs. It is related to G. ... is about 24°C and the average daily minimum about 11°C. Gasteria doreeniae grows at an altitude of 350-500 m and ...

04 / 04 / 2011 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria ellaphieae

Gasteria ellaphieae in habitat at Kouga Dam.
Common names: Ellaphie's gasteria
Family: Asphodelaceae

... long, black, flattish. Flowering period: January-February. Gasteria ellaphieae is related to G. nitida which is a much ... leaves it sometimes superficially resembles a Haworthia. Gasteria ellaphieae grows in a succulent-rich community often ... is about 23°C and the average daily minimum about 10°C. Gasteria ellaphieae grows at an altitude of about 450-700 m. ...

18 / 04 / 2011 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria excelsa

Gasteria excelsa in flower at Kirstenbosch, growing on a dry stone wall
Common names: thicket ox-tongue, regal ox-tongue (Eng.); ruigte-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... period: Summer (November-February, Southern Hemisphere). Gasteria excelsa is related to G. nitida which is a smaller ... with much shorter leaves and bright orange-pink flowers. Gasteria excelsa is widely distributed in the Eastern Cape, ... perfoliata, Sarcostemma viminale and Haemanthus albiflos . Gasteria excelsa is pollinated by sunbirds. The succulent ...

11 / 06 / 2012 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria glauca

Gasteria glauca in flower in cultivation at Kirstenbosch
Common names: Kouga River gasteria (Eng.); Kouga-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... The flattish seeds are blackish, 3 mm long and 2 mm wide. Gasteria glauca differs from other species of the genus by ... dweller from the Kouga Dam area and further to the east. Gasteria glauca is restricted to the Kouga River region. It ... 11°C. Winters are cooler but frost is rare or absent. Gasteria glauca grows at an altitude of more or less 400-800 ...

30 / 11 / 2009 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria glomerata

Flowers
Common names: Kouga gasteria (Eng.); Kouga-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... 2-3 x 1.5-2.0 mm. Flowering time: spring. The terrain of Gasteria glomerata is rugged, (Fig. 135), inhospitable and ... dryness. Diagnostic features and variation: Superficially Gasteria glomerata resembles G. baylissiana which has rough, ... rosettes and pointed leaves flowering during early summer. Gasteria glomerata is pollinated by sunbirds. Its fruiting ...

03 / 04 / 2006 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria koenii

A plant of Gasteria koenii with linear leaves, growing just above the stream bank of the Smitsrivier Gorge, on the southern foothills of the Osberg.
Common names: Osberg ox-tongue (Eng.); osberg-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... mm diam. Seeds blackish. Flowering time is in autumn. Gasteria koenii is only known from Smitsrivier Gorge, the ... herbacea (= H. translucens) and Portulacaria afra . Gasteria koenii belongs to section Gasteria , series Gasteria , which includes 8 species, ...

05 / 03 / 2018 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria langebergensis

Gasteria langebergensis
Common names: Langeberg ox-tongue (Eng.); Langeberg-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... winter (June to July in the southern Hemisphere). Fig. 2 . Gasteria langebergensis in habitat at the Langvlei Quarry, north of Rooiberg. Gasteria langebergensis grows in the Breede River Valley, in ... G. langebergensis grows on shales of the Bokkeveld Group. Gasteria langebergensis grows in succulent-rich Robertson ...

15 / 11 / 2021 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria loedolffiae

Gasteria loedolffiae growing in habitat
Common names: Mzimvubu ox-tongue (Engl.); Mzimvubu-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... the yellow anthers just protruding at the floral mouth. Gasteria loedolffiae flowers in the summer months (January to ... Valley Bushveld (Mucina 2006). The nectar-rich flowers of Gasteria loedolffiae are regularly visited and pollinated by ... The leaves of G. loedolffiae are brittle as with most Gasteria species, and when becoming detached, soon root, ...

01 / 06 / 2015 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria nitida

Gasteria nitida growing in natural habitat, east of Bathurst, E.Cape
Common names: Bathurst ox-tongue; Bathurst-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... containing black seeds 3–4 mm long, 2  mm wide. Gasteria nitida is related to Gasteria excelsa from the Eastern Cape. The latter a much ... dense, large, many branched inflorescence up to 2 m tall. Gasteria nitida is widely distributed in the south-eastern ...

15 / 12 / 2014 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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