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Haworthia compacta is a small, slow-growing succulent native to the Western Cape of South Africa, grown for its compact rosettes of firm, dark green leaves. It thrives with bright indirect light and sparse watering.
Haworthia compacta is a perennial succulent belonging to the genus Haworthia. The species is endemic to the Western Cape.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Haworthia compacta 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.
