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Gasteria polita
Gasteria polita is a small, stemless succulent that forms a rosette up to 30 cm wide with shiny, white-spotted leaves, found in the wild only in a few localities near Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. It is an easy, tough species that tolerates shade and is a good choice for beginners.
Gasteria polita, the polished gasteria, is a recently discovered succulent plant restricted to a locality in the Afro-temperate forest of the Western Cape, South Africa.
This is an easily cultivated species - tough and adaptable. It thrives in well-drained sandy or loamy soil, and it is adapted to receive some water all year round. It will also tolerate over-watering provided that the soil is well-drained.
It tolerates considerable shade, and is highly resistant to the fusarium root-rot which effects most other Gasterias.
Gasteria polita is indigenous to mountainous forests near Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
Coast Oxtongue · Gasteria barbae · Bushveld Oxtongue · Suurberg Oxtongue · Gasteria bicolor · Klein Karoo Gasteria · Gasteria camillae · Keeled Oxtongue · Natal Oxtongue · Robertson Oxtongue · Doreen’s Oxtongue · Ellaphie’s Oxtongue
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gasteria polita 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.
