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Gasteria baylissiana
A small, slow-growing succulent with rough, white-speckled leaves in two rows, forming clumps. Bright, cool-to-warm conditions with well-drained soil and sparing water keep it compact.
Gasteria baylissiana, or Suurberg gasteria, is a species of succulent flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae native to the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
In cultivation in the UK, this plant does not survive temperatures below 1 °C (34 °F), so requires the protection of glass during the winter months. It may be grown in similar conditions to other cacti and succulents. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
This species, a close relative of Gasteria bicolor, is restricted to a deep gorge within the Albany Thicket of Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.
Coast Oxtongue · Gasteria barbae · Bushveld Oxtongue · Gasteria bicolor · Klein Karoo Gasteria · Gasteria camillae · Keeled Oxtongue · Natal Oxtongue · Robertson Oxtongue · Doreen’s Oxtongue · Ellaphie’s Oxtongue · Blade Oxtongue
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gasteria baylissiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
