Haworthia reinwardtii
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Haworthia reinwardtii var. Reinwardtii |
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Haworthia reinwardtii is a species of plant from the subfamily of the Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae), which occurs in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa .
features
The nominate form H. reinwardtii var. Reinwardtii grows with several stem-like elongated leaf rosettes, which reach a length of 15 to 20 cm and a diameter of 5 to 10 cm. The numerous, upright or inwardly curved leaves arranged in a spiral on the stem axis are up to 7 cm long and 2 cm wide. The leaf surface is rough, brownish-green and usually has numerous, flat, whitish nodules.
The usually simple, rarely compound inflorescence contains 15 to 20 flowers. The six bracts are pale pink to white with gray-brown veins; they are fused into a curved flower tube with three inner tepals rolled upwards .
Haworthia reinwardtii is very diverse in appearance and a number of varieties and forms have been described, with some of these variants now being assigned to other species. Haworthia reinwardtii are currently included:
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Haworthia reinwardtii fa. chalumnensis (GGSm.) MBBayer
occurs in Chalumna and has elongated, inwardly curved, conspicuously spotted leaves. -
Haworthia reinwardtii fa. Kaffirdriftensis (GGSm.) MBBayer
grows on the Great Fish River and has longitudinal rows of nodules on the outside of the leaves. -
Haworthia reinwardtii fa. olivacea (GGSm.) MBBayer
from the Great Fish River has olive-green, relatively smooth leaves with a few round nodules. - At Haworthia reinwardtii fa. zebrina (GGSm.) MBBayer
from the Great Fish River, the nodules on the outside of the leaves are arranged in conspicuous transverse bands. -
Haworthia reinwardtii var. Brevicula G.G.Sm.
at Grahamstown only reaches a height of about 10 cm and a rosette diameter of 4 cm.
swell
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 226 .
- Maurizio Sajeva, Mariangela Costanzo: Succulents: The Illustrated Dictionary . Timber Press, Portland, Oregon 1997, ISBN 0-88192-398-2 , pp. 142 .
