Haworthia emelyae Poelln.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Haworthia

Characteristics

Plant stemless, 4-6 cm diam., very slowly proliferous from the base. Leaves somewhat oblong-triangular, the younger erect, the older spreading, dark green to brownish-green, 3-4 cm long, about 15 mm broad, flat or slightly concave on upper side; end-face triangular, somewhat pellucid, scarcely shining, with numerous very small, shining, and somewhat pellucid tubercles, which are sharply pointed on the younger leaves becoming blunt on the older, about 15 mm long and broad, and terminating in a short, soon withering, pellucid point, with about 3 longer and a few shorter greenish lines of which only the middle one may reach the tip; back of leaf very convex, obliquely keeled, on the upper part with some pellucid, shining tubercles; the margins in the upper part and the keel with very small, sometimes coalescent teeth.
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Acaulescent succulent to 12 cm diam., rosettes withdrawn to ground level. Leaves few, abruptly recurved, opaque, dark green with pinkish flecks, scabrid above to spinescent. Flowers white.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.06
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Haworthia emelyae unspecified picture

Distribution

Haworthia emelyae world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:536048-1
WFO ID wfo-0000650461
COL ID 6LFNX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Haworthia emelyae Haworthia retusa subsp. emelyae Haworthia retusa var. emelyae

Lower taxons

Haworthia emelyae var. major Haworthia emelyae var. multifolia Haworthia emelyae var. emelyae Haworthia emelyae var. comptoniana