It is one of the most unusual of the Gasteria species, as it grows long leafy stems of up to 2 meters, which often hang down.

It is also unusual in that its leaves are sometimes edged with tiny black teeth, unlike other Gasteria species.

This species is restricted to the Baviaanskloof mountains, in the Willowmore District of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

This possibility is supported by its natural habitat being in the centre of the wider distribution of Gasteria, and by a range of other differences that make this species unique in its genus.

It is unique in its growth habit; its leaves are sometimes toothed; it does not easily propagate by leaf-cuttings; and it has no leaf maculation.