Haworthia
Stemless suc-culents from South Africa of the Lily Family,often grown for indoor decorations in theNorth. The fleshy leaves am in basal rosettesmostly, or crowded on a short stem. Flowersare greenish or whitish, sparse, in racemes orpanicles. Over 50 species aresupposedly available from specialists in theU.S.
coarctata 8″ Zone 10
Leaves 2+ in. long and 5 in. wide, white hairy;with a few greenish tubercles. The flowers arelined with red on a stalk about a foot high.
cuspidate 3′ Zone 9
A slow-growing succulent making neat cushionsof succulent foliage, sometimes used as aground cover in southern Calif. The leaves arein. long and in. wide and nearly in. thickin the center. The flowers are greenish, 5 in.across, borne in clusters on a slender stalk arisingfrom the basal rosette of leaves. It grows well inthe shade.
cyrnbiformis 3″ Zone 10
A robust, stemless succulent with a rosette ofthick, pointed leaves, in, long and in.wide, keeled beneath, smooth and pale green incolor. Flowers are pale pink striped with greenon a panicle about a foot high.
fasciata 3′ Zone 10
An attractive and popular succulent with anerect rosette of leaves each 11 in. long and I in.wide, with transverse bands of white tubercles;whitish-green flowers in loose racemes 6 in.
long.
margaritifera2′Zone 10
There are 30-40 leaves in a dense rosette about6 in. across; the leaves at first bend inward,then spread; thick, fleshy with lower surface Autumn Zephyr Flower
keeled and with prominent creamy tuberclesabove and below.
radula 3′ Zone 10
Leaves 3 in. long and in. wide with minutetubercles above and below; flowers hoed withgreen and rose on stalks about II ft. tall.
tessellata3″Zone 9
Another succulent also doing best in the shade;this suckers rapidly. The thick leaves aretriangular, I+ in. long, and the flower raceme isnearly a foot long. Sometimos used in southernCalif. as a ground cover.
turgida 3′ Zone 10
A small rosette of fleshy, keeled leaves aboutan inch long that are a glossy pale green.
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