Haworthia arachnoidea (L.) Duval

Plants acaulescent, with leaves in a basal rosette which is about 2-7 cm diam., proliferous from the base and forming clusters. Leaves about 50, the young erect, ± incurved, firm, the old ascending, somewhat spreading, little incurved, about 2-7 cm long, up to 10 mm broad, up to 6 mm thick, ovate to lanceolate, green; upper surface semi-pellucid, flat below, rounded towards the apex, smooth, or with a few small, prominent, toothed tubercles and with 5-6 green tessellated connected lines; lower surface convex, with about 8-10 tessellated connected green lines, with or without oblong opaque flecks, or toothed whitish tubercles; margins acute, from the base of the leaf to near the apex, remainder slightly rounded, with a single row of 1-2 mm long white to light brown teeth; keel 1, in the upper third, with 0.5-1 mm long pellucid scattered teeth. Inflorescence about 30 cm tall; peduncle simple, terete, about 2 mm diam., 22 cm long, bracteate; sterile bracts membranous, ovate to deltoid, about 7 mm long, erect, keeled; raceme about 8 cm long, with about 20 spirally arranged flowers and buds, 3 to 4 open simultaneously; floral bracts membranous, 5 mm long, ovate-acuminate, keeled with reddish veins, clasping the pedicels (equal in length to the pedicels); pedicels 5 mm long, 1 mm diam., light green, erect; perianth white with green keels to the segments, about 16 mm long, compressed at base, funnel-shaped, tube more or less 4 mm across, constricted to 3 mm above; segments free to the base, curved, limb 2 lipped; posterior segments erect, tips slightly recurved, white with green veins; exterior part recurved, spreading, white with pale-green veins; stamens 6 of two lengths 8 and 9 mm long, inserted within the perianth tube; ovary 4 mm long, 2 mm diam., green; style 2 mm long, white, curved, capitate.

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.