Haworthia pygmaea Poelln.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Haworthia

Characteristics

Plant stemless, 3-4 cm in diam., about 2 cm high, and with 7-12 leaves. Leaves about 2.5 cm long, brownish-green, the face somewhat obliquely or almost rectangularly recurved, somewhat cordate-triangular, 10-12 mm wide and 11-15 mm long, more or less obtuse, somewhat pellucid and slightly rounded, and rough with crowded, small papillae, with 3-5 lines, back of leaves triangularly convex, somewhat obliquely keeled in the upper part, the keel usually entire, but occasionally with a few, very small teeth, the margins below the faces with minute teeth.
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Acaulescent succulent with solitary rosettes to 10 cm diam. Leaves grey-green, abruptly recurved, often scabrid to papillate, flat above, obtuse. Flowers white.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.04
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-9

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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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