Haworthia herbacea
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Haworthia herbacea var. Flaccida |
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Haworthia herbacea is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodill family (Asphodeloideae).
description
Haworthia herbacea grows stemless and sprouts. The upright, inwardly curved, ovate-lanceolate leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 8 centimeters. The greenish yellow, network-like patterned leaf blade is up to 6 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide. There are translucent areas between the veins. The leaf surface is rough. The leaf edge and the leaf keel are covered with solid thorns .
The inflorescence reaches a length of up to 30 centimeters and consists of 30 to 40 flowers . The large flowers are beige and have pinkish red tips. The buds are bent into an S-shape.
Systematics and distribution
Haworthia herbacea is common in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The first description as Aloe herbacea by Philip Miller was published in 1768. William Thomas Stearn put the species in 1938 in the genus Haworthia .
There are numerous synonyms .
A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Haworthia herbacea var. Herbacea
- Haworthia herbacea var. Flaccida M.B.Bayer
- Haworthia herbacea var. Lupula M.B.Bayer
- Haworthia herbacea var. Paynei (Poelln.) MBBayer
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literature
- Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia herbacea . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 217-218 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Philip Miller: The Gardeners Dictionary . 8th edition, 1768, without page numbers, No. 18 ( online ).
- ^ Cactus Journal . Volume 7, p. 40, Croydon 1938.
Web links
- Haworthia herbacea var. Herbacea in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia herbacea var. Flaccida in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia herbacea var. Lupula in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia herbacea var. Paynei in the Red List of South African Plants