Taxon

Gasteria glauca

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Common name: Kouga-beestong, Kouga gasteria
Family: Asphodelaceae
Distribution: Eastern Cape, Joubertina district, Kouga River Valley.
Habitat: Cliff faces in quartzitic sandstone.
National red list: Critically Rare
Life form: Succulent plant
Comments: Gasteria glauca was named in the American Cactus and Succulent Journal in 1998 from plants collected by Rob Welsh and Ernst van Jaarsveld on an expedition exploring the Kouga River in 1997.
Links: Red List of South African Plants • SANBI PlantZAfrica

Locations

  • 1: Arid House 1 • Accession: 2013-366/1 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
  • 2: Arid House 1 • Accession: 2013-366/2 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
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