Haworthia herbacea

Haworthia herbacea
H. herbacea in the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Haworthia
Species:
H. herbacea
Binomial name
Haworthia herbacea
(Mill.) Stearn

Haworthia herbacea is a species of succulent plant in the genus Haworthia native to the Cape Province of South Africa.[1] Closely related to Haworthia reticulata,[2] it has greenish yellow leaves with small spines. As it matures the leaves get darker green and the white spots raise. Flowers by way of a shoot and produces a large off-white flower.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Haworthia herbacea (Mill.) Stearn, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 7: 40 (1938)". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
  2. ^ Doreen Court (1 June 2000). Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. CRC Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-90-5809-323-3.
  3. ^ Fred Dortort (19 November 2014). The Timber Press Guide to Succulent Plants of the World: A Comprehensive Reference to More than 2000 Species. Timber Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-60469-357-7.

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