Misplaced Pages

Haworthia herbacea
H. herbacea in the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden
Scientific 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. Closely related to Haworthia reticulata, 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.

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.

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Haworthia herbacea at Wikimedia Commons

This Asphodelaceae article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Haworthia
• Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
• Plants described in 1768
• Asphodelaceae stubs