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Haworthia arachnoidea
Also called Spiderweb Haworthia, Spider Nest
A small, dense rosette succulent from South Africa's Western Cape, with dark green leaves covered in translucent bristles that give it a cobweb look. It is a popular, easy houseplant that needs bright light and very little water.
Haworthia arachnoidea, locally known as "papierrosie" (paper-rose) or "spinnekopnes" (spider-nest), is the type species of the genus Haworthia, in the family Asphodelaceae, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
This most well-known form of this species occurs in the Breede River valley, in the areas of Worcester and Robertson (H. arachnoidea var. arachnoidea). Other varieties of this same species occur northwards into the Namaqualand (var. namaquensis), and eastwards as far as Port Elizabeth (vars. xiphiophylla, aranea and setata).
Haworthia akaonii · Haworthia angustifolia · Haworthia ao-onii · Haworthia aristata · Uniondale Haworthia · Haworthia blackburniae · Haworthia bolusii · Haworthia caesia · Haworthia calva · Haworthia chloracantha · Haworthia compacta · Bristle Haworthia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Haworthia arachnoidea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
