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Haworthia chloracantha

Haworthia chloracantha
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0

Haworthia chloracantha is a small, clumping succulent from the Cape Province of South Africa, with pale yellow-green, opaque leaves and a habit of forming dense clusters. It grows best with bright light, sharp drainage and infrequent watering.

Family
Asphodelaceae (Aloe family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings, and less in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus or succulent mix, often amended with grit or perlite.
Temperature
15–26 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Haworthia chloracantha is a species of succulent plant native to the Cape Province of South Africa. H. chloracantha has typically pale yellow-green leaves and is somewhat similar to Haworthia reticulata in form, but the leaves are opaque rather than translucent. It forms prolific clusters of plants. The plant has a few subvarieties including var. denticulifera, meaning has small teeth on its leaves, and var. subglauca, which has darker foliage.

Other Haworthia plants

Haworthia akaonii · Haworthia angustifolia · Haworthia ao-onii · Cobweb Aloe · Haworthia aristata · Uniondale Haworthia · Haworthia blackburniae · Haworthia bolusii · Haworthia caesia · Haworthia calva · Haworthia compacta · Bristle Haworthia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Haworthia chloracantha 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.

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