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Haworthia lockwoodii is a small succulent from the Cape Province of South Africa, grown for its pale green window-type leaves that let light reach inside the leaf. It is a species of the genus Haworthia, a group of popular small succulents, and it can look almost dead during drought dormancy before it plumps up again in the wet season.
Haworthia lockwoodii is a species of succulent plant in the genus Haworthia. Native to the Cape Province of South Africa, it was named for a local magistrate.
Among Haworthia species, H. lockwoodii is unusual in appearance during the dormant phase that it enters in times of drought; the external leaves dry out more or less, and lose their turgor. The wilted leaves often cover the plant entirely, which then appears to be almost dead. During the wet season, this leaf cover absorbs water rapidly, becoming turgid and pale green. The shape and colour of the turgid leaves show that the species is a window plant: its leaf tips have panels that are practically colourless and transparent, admitting light to the chloroplasts deep inside.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Haworthia lockwoodii 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.
