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Haworthia kingiana
Tulista kingiana is a species of succulent plant, from the Western Cape, South Africa. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN global Red List.
It was formerly classed in the genus Haworthia, as Haworthia kingiana.
Tulista kingiana is very highly prized as an ornamental and it is grown for horticultural reasons. It is long-lived and slow-growing. It is difficult in cultivation and it needs very well-drained soil and good air movement. The plant slowly offsets so propagation can be by off-sets, by leaf-cuttings or by seed.
The natural distribution of this species is a small area centred on Mossel Bay, in the far south of the Cape, South Africa. Its population is very sparse in this area, and its natural range extends from as far east as Great Brak, to Herbertsdale in the West and north of the Langeberg mountains into the Little Karoo where it is extremely rare. Its habitat is usually renosterveld and grassland patches on top of rocky, exposed hills and slopes. In the wild its natural threats are seasonal fires and grazing by wildlife.
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