Gasteria acinacifolia

Gasteria acinacifolia, the dune gasteria, is a succulent plant native to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, where it grows on shady cliff faces and in dune thickets along the coast between Knysna and Port Alfred. It is the tallest of the Gasteria species, forming rosettes of light-green, stiff, spotted leaves up to a metre long. The species name means scimitar-leaves and refers to the way the smooth adult leaves curve to a sharp point. Its branched flower stalk, often over a metre tall, carries pink flowers between September and December. Young plants look quite different from adults, with two-ranked, blunt, strap-shaped leaves. The plant is often grown in coastal gardens and as a container plant.