Haworthia nortieri
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Haworthia nortieri is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae).
description
Haworthia nortieri grows stemless and sprouts. The 25 to 45 almost upright, ovate-lanceolate to obovate leaves form a rosette with a diameter of 3 to 5 centimeters. The pale to purple green leaf blade is 6 inches long and 0.75 inches wide. There are translucent spots on the leaf surface. The leaf edge and the leaf quill are covered with small thorns .
The slender inflorescence reaches a length of up to 30 centimeters and consists of 15 to 20 flowers . The grayish white flowers have a yellowish throat.
Systematics and distribution
Haworthia nortieri is common in the South African provinces of the North Cape and Western Cape .
The first description by Gerald Graham Smith was published in 1946. A nomenclatory synonym is Haworthia mucronata var. Nortieri (GGSm.) Halda (1997).
A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Haworthia nortieri var. Nortieri
- Haworthia nortieri var. Globosiflora (GGSm.) MBBayer
- Haworthia nortieri var. Pehlemanniae (CLScott) MBBayer
proof
literature
- Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia nortieri . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 224-225 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 12, Kirstenbosch 1946, p. 13.
Web links
- Haworthia nortieri var. Nortieri in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia nortieri var. Globosiflora in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia nortieri var. Pehlemanniae in the Red List of South African Plants