Haworthia mutica
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Haworthia mutica is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae).
description
Haworthia mutica grows without a trunk and individually. The 12 to 15 trimmed leaves form a rosette with a diameter of 6 to 8 centimeters. The brownish green, barely translucent leaf blade is 6 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. The tip is blunt. There are several longitudinal lines on the leaf surface.
The inflorescence reaches a length of up to 20 centimeters. The white flowers have brownish veins.
Systematics and distribution
Haworthia mutica is widespread in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1821. Nomenclatory synonyms are Aloe mutica (Haw.) Roem. & School f. (1829), Haworthia retusa var. Mutica (Haw.) Baker (1896) and Haworthia otzenii G.G.Sm. (1945).
A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Haworthia mutica var. Mutica
- Haworthia mutica var. Nigra M.B.Bayer
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literature
- Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia mutica . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 224 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Adrian Hardy Haworth: Saxifragëarum enumeratio. Accedunt revisiones plantarum succulentarum . Wood, London 1821, p. 55 ( online ).
Web links
- Haworthia mutica var. Mutica in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia mutica var. Nigra in the Red List of South African Plants