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Gasteria vlokii

Gasteria vlokii habitat on Waboomsberg, Western Cape
Common names: Swartberg ox-tongue (Eng.); Swartberg-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... 6 mm in diameter. Seeds 3-5 mm long and 2 mm wide, black. Gasteria vlokii is related to G. ellaphieae from the Kouga ... 23-27 mm long. Flowering time: January to February. Gasteria vlokii is known only from a few localities: the top ... semi-arid habitat. The tubular flowers are nectar-rich and Gasteria vlokii is pollinated by sunbirds during its ...

08 / 03 / 2010 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria visseri

Gasteria visseri
Common names: Visser’s ox-tongue (Eng.); Visser-beestong (Afr.).
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Flowering time is in late spring to early summer. Gasteria visseri is known only from the Eastern Cape. ... of East London). Judging from the growth behaviour of Gasteria visseri in cultivation, it is likely to be a ... hot and winters cooler, but with frost absent.  Fig.2 . Gasteria visseri in the collection on Babylonstoren Farm, ...

29 / 06 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria tukhelensis

Close up of flowers,flowering at Kirstenbosch
Common names: Tugela ox-tongue (Eng.), Tugela-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Jaarsveld Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2007 Gasteria tukhelensis is a more or less stemless succulent, up ... black, 5-7 mm long and 2-3 mm broad seeds are released. Gasteria species occur more or less in a continuous belt ... in the dry Tugela River region. With the discovery of Gasteria tukhelensis this gap was filled. This species ...

28 / 05 / 2007 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria thunbergii

Inflorescence
Common names: Gouritz gasteria (Eng.); Gouritz-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... and seeds oblong, blackish, 5-6mm long, 2.5-3.0mm wide. Gasteria thunbergii is one of an about 12 Gasteria species with restricted distributions. It is related to Gasteria carinata from the southeastern portion of the ...

10 / 02 / 2014 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria retusa

Gasteria retusa
Common names: Hex River ox-tongue (Eng.), Heksrivier beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Southern Hemisphere). Fig. 2 . Illustration of Gasteria retusa by the botanical artist Rita Weber. Gasteria retusa grows on the lower south-facing slopes of the ... mainly derived from Malmesbury Group (Noree Formation). Gasteria. retusa grows in succulent-rich Robertson Karoo ...

20 / 11 / 2023 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria rawlinsonii

Gasteria rawlinsonii in flower, in cultivation
Common names: Baviaanskloof cliff gasteria (Eng.); kransbeestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden November 2009 This Gasteria is a long-lived, drooping succulent shrub with long ... capsule is 18 mm long and the black seeds are 3-4 mm wide. Gasteria rawlinsonii is restricted to the Baviaanskloof and ... of the Albany Thicket Biome (Mucina & Rutherford 2006). Gasteria rawlinsonii shares its habitat with other ...

23 / 11 / 2009 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria pulchra

Gasteria pulchra plant
Common names: none recorded
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Hemisphere) but with a peak in spring (September-October). Gasteria pulchra is related to G. nitida which is a smaller ... grassland plant with much shorter triangular leaves. Gasteria pulchra is quite common in the Hankey and Patensie ... in the northwest, to Hankey in the southeast. Gasteria pulchra is mainly confined to Gamtoos Thicket which ...

26 / 03 / 2012 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria polita

Flowers
Common names: polished gasteria, polished ox tongue
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden January 2003   Gasteria polita plants are small, solitary, stemless rosettes ... x 7 mm, and the seeds it produces are black, 3-4 x 2-3 mm. Gasteria polita is the only gasteria solely confined to afro-temperate forest habitat and ...

20 / 01 / 2003 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Gasteria pillansii

Gasteria pillansii inflorescence
Common names: Namaqua gasteria (Eng.); Namakwa-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... Jaarsveld Kirstenboch National Botanical Garden May 2005 Gasteria pillansii is stemless, 50-200 X 60-400 mm, ... seeds are 4-5 x 2.5 mm. Flowering time: November to April. Gasteria pillansii is endemic to the dry winter rainfall ... hirsuta . There is a marked vegetative resemblance to Gasteria disticha of the southern Great Karoo and Breede ...

01 / 05 / 2006 | 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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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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