This relatively small, variable species of Gasteria has extremely rough, pointed leaves, that eventually form a rosette (though leaves in seedlings are distichous as with all Gasterias).

The mottled leaves usually have a strong keel, meaning that they are triangular in cross-section.
They also have many tiny white spots, which occur in bands, giving a faint row of stripes on the leaves surfaces.

It is closely related to the "Natal Gasteria" (Gasteria croucheri), which occurs just to the south in KwaZulu-Natal.
The extremely distinctive variety of Gasteria batesiana which seems to be transitional between these two species, is now considered as a separate (though transitional) species in its own right, Gasteria tukhelensis.
This relatively small, variable species of Gasteria has extremely rough, pointed leaves, that eventually form a rosette (though leaves in seedlings are distichous as with all Gasterias). 
The mottled leaves usually have a strong keel, meaning that they are triangular in cross-section. They also have many tiny white spots, which occur in bands, giving a faint row of stripes on the leaves surfaces.
It is closely related to the "Natal Gasteria" (Gasteria croucheri), which occurs just to the south in KwaZulu-Natal. The extremely distinctive variety of Gasteria batesiana which seems to be transitional between these two species, is now considered as a separate (though transitional) species in its own right, Gasteria tukhelensis.
Gasteria batesiana