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Gasteria glauca van Jaarsv.

Pale Oxtongue

No habitat climate Photographs not checked Cactus or succulent

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Summary

Gasteria glauca, the Kouga gasteria, is a succulent plant of the family Asphodelaceae native to the cliffs and rocky hillsides above the Kouga River, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is most closely related to the species G. ellaphieae, G. vlokii and G. nitida. The flowers of all four species are also nearly identical, displaying the signature “gastric”, stomach-shaped blossoms that earn the genus the name of Gasteria. The blossoms are a favorite among pollinators, such as bees, lepidopterans, hoverflies, hummingbirds and sunbirds.

Text from Wikipedia, “Gasteria glauca”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written. Kept separate from everything derived here.

About the genus · Gasteria

Gasteria is a genus of succulent plants, native to South Africa and the far south-west corner of Namibia.

Text from Wikipedia, “Gasteria”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family

Asphodelaceae

Described by

van Jaarsv.

Native to

Cape Provinces

Wild records

3 in range· 2 open

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent by the genus Gasteria, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record; three are needed for an envelope.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.

Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.

NativeCape Provinces

Kew's description“succulent perennial” · “subtropical”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here

Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 3 georeferenced records inside the native range; the map shows only the 2 openly licensed ones, which alone would put the marker in the same place. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species. 1 in-range record is placed to worse than 10 km and stays on the map but off the climate.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Gasteria glauca, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

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