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This species is drought tolerant and prefers full sun. [6] It is sometimes susceptible to aphids and mealybugs . [ 7 ] It is a sand-dwelling beach plant, a subshrub with rough, woody stems and rosettes of thick, red-edged green leaves which are triangular or diamond- or spade-shaped.
The latter is a later homonym of Haworthia minor, and in 2018 the correct combination, Tulista minor, was published. [1] [4] The epithet "minor" means "small" as it is not as large as its closest relatives, such as Tulista pumila. In some old records it is also occasionally classed as Haworthia margaritifera.
As one of the soft green group of Haworthias it is frequently confused with its relatives (e.g. Haworthia cooperi which shares a similar distribution range, as well as Haworthia mucronata and Haworthia marumiana to the west). A distinctive feature is the soft, "boat-shaped" leaves ("cymbiformis" actually means "boat-shaped").
Haworthiopsis venosa, formerly Haworthia venosa, known in Afrikaans as venstertjie, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Haworthiopsis belonging to the family Asphodelaceae, native to Namibia and South Africa.
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 reinwardtii, formerly Haworthia reinwardtii, is a species of succulent flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae, native to the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of the species of Haworthiopsis that is commonly cultivated as an ornamental.
Haworthia maraisii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodeloideae, found in the southwest Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has been treated as a variety of either Haworthia magnifica or Haworthia mirabilis , but is accepted as a full species in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families .
This is a "retuse" species of Haworthia and is easily confused with its relatives (e.g. Haworthia pygmaea, Haworthia retusa, Haworthia bayeri, Haworthia mirabilis, Haworthia emelyae and Haworthia magnifica). It can be distinguished from its relatives though, by its very rounded leaf tips and its extremely swollen, turgid leaf faces.