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Gasteria croucheri
Natal Oxtongue is a large, slow-growing succulent native to coastal KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with thick, dark grey-green leaves edged in hard white. It is grown as a tough, low-water container or rock garden plant that tolerates light shade better than most succulents.
Gasteria croucheri, or Natal gasteria, is a succulent plant native to KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
This species occurs mainly in KwaZulu-Natal Province as far north as Durban. In the south it also extends slightly into the Eastern Cape but only as far as the Mzimvubu River. This is a relatively wet region, and its habitat is typically cliff faces or rocky outcrops. It is especially common on rocky slopes near the coast.
Coast Oxtongue · Gasteria barbae · Bushveld Oxtongue · Suurberg Oxtongue · Gasteria bicolor · Klein Karoo Gasteria · Gasteria camillae · Keeled Oxtongue · Robertson Oxtongue · Doreen’s Oxtongue · Ellaphie’s Oxtongue · Blade Oxtongue
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gasteria croucheri 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.
