Gasteria glomerata (the "Kouga Gasteria") is a small succulent plant, native to the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Gasteria glomerata
Gasteria glomerata in habitat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Asphodeloideae
Genus:	Gasteria
Species:	G. glomerata
Binomial name
Gasteria glomerata (L.) Haw.

Description

This dwarf species of Gasteria has its rounded tongue-shaped leaves in two opposite rows. They are slightly rough in texture, and often strongly recurved.

It is highly proliferous, and forms dense clumps. The flowers are exceptionally fat and fleshy ("gasteriform"). The species name, "glomerata", means clumped or clustered into a head.[1]

Distribution

It occurs in the vicinity of the Kouga Dam, near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Within this very small natural range, it occurs on steep cliff faces.

It thrives in cultivation, and is widely propagated around the world as an ornamental succulent.

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