Haworthia pubescens
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Haworthia pubescens is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae). The specific epithet pubescens comes from Latin , means 'finely hairy' and refers to the leaves of the species.
description
Haworthia pubescens grows stemless and rarely sprouts. The 20 to 35 shortly inwardly curved, ovate-lanceolate leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 4 centimeters. The gray-green, opaque leaf blade is 5 inches long and 0.8 inches wide. It is covered with tiny thorns .
The inflorescence reaches a length of up to 20 centimeters and consists of ten to 15 flowers . The white flowers have a pinkish vein. The upper tips of the tepals are spreading.
Systematics and distribution
Haworthia pubescens is common in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The first description by Martin Bruce Bayer was published in 1972.
A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Haworthia pubescens var. Pubescens
- Haworthia pubescens var. Livida M.B.Bayer
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literature
- Martin Bruce Bayer , Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Haworthia pubescens . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 225 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 194.
- ^ Journal of South African Botany . Volume 28, number 2, Kirstenbosch 1972, pp. 129-130.
Web links
- Photos of Haworthia pubescens
- Haworthia pubescens var. Pubescens in the Red List of South African Plants
- Haworthia pubescens var. Livida in the Red List of South African Plants