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Haworthiopsis coarctata, formerly Haworthia coarctata, is a species of flowering succulent plant from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa and naturalized in Mexico. It is one of the species of Haworthiopsis that is commonly cultivated as an ornamental.
The flowers are borne in a raceme on a long, stiff stalk which also bears a few bracts without flowers in their junctions with the stalk. Each flower is less than 17 mm (0.7 in) long, with white to green, pink or brown tepals , forming a two-lipped (bilabiate) structure with a hexagonal or rounded hexagonal base.
Haworthia is a large genus of small succulent plants endemic to Southern Africa (Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa). [1]Like aloes and gasteria they are members of the subfamily Asphodeloideae and they generally resemble miniature aloes, except in their flowers, which are distinctive in appearance.
Haworthiopsis limifolia, formerly Haworthia limifolia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Haworthiopsis, native to southern Africa and first described in 1910. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Distribution
Haworthiopsis attenuata, formerly Haworthia attenuata, commonly known as zebra haworthia, is a small species of succulent plant from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. As an ornamental , it is one of the most commonly cultivated of the Haworthiopsis species.
The pointed leaves are scabrous ("viscosa" means "sticky") and packed densely along its stems. The plant offsets from its base and can eventually form large clumps. In the wild, it often shows damage from grazing animals, as it is a common food source. The flowers appear from October to November.
H. reinwardtii with its typical thin, strongly tubercled leaves. It is a perennial succulent, with stems growing to 20 cm (8 in) in height, with a basal rosette of white-spotted fleshy leaves arranged in a spiral pattern, and racemes of tubular pinkish-white flowers in spring.
Haworthiopsis tessellata is a succulent evergreen slow-growing species reaching a size of 15 cm in height. It is a stemless plant, with square patterned leaves on the upper surfaces and small teeth along the margins.