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A small, mat-forming succulent with dark green rosettes marked by pale lines, native to dry rocky slopes in South Africa and Namibia. Grow it bright but out of harsh sun, water sparingly, and keep it frost-free.
Haworthiopsis venosa, formerly Haworthia venosa, known in Afrikaans as venstertjie, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Haworthiopsis belonging to the family Asphodelaceae, native to Namibia and South Africa.
In cultivation it requires a minimum temperature of 10 °C (50 °F), so is grown under glass in temperate locations.
Haworthia venosa subsp. tesselata has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
This species occurs over a large area, from the inland Karoo and Namibia to as far south as the northern part of the Breede River valley. Here it occurs on rocky slopes.
Haworthiopsis attenuata · Haworthiopsis bruynsii · Haworthiopsis coarctata · Haworthiopsis fasciata · Haworthiopsis limifolia · Haworthiopsis longiana · Haworthiopsis pungens · Haworthiopsis scabra · Blue Haworthia · Haworthiopsis granulata · Haworthiopsis koelmaniorum · Haworthiopsis ×lisbonensis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Haworthiopsis venosa 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.
