Zebra Haworthia is an evergreen fleshy plant with
short leaves arranged in rosettes 6-12 cm in diameter. The fleshy
leaves are tapered and have bands of white nodules on them. The species
subdivides and offsets readily; in the wild it forms large clumps. It
is popular as a house plant, due to its resistance to drought and
general hardiness. It is frequently confused with the rarer
Haworthiopsis fasciata, to which it looks very similar. However
Haworthiopsis attenuata can easily be distinguished by its white
tubercles, which occur on both upper and lower sides of its leaves (H.
fasciata has tubercles only on the underside, with a smooth upper
surface of its leaves). A fundamental distinction is that H.
attenuata's leaves are not fibrous. In addition, the leaves of
H.attenuata are often (though not always) longer, thinner, and more
splayed out. Zebra Haworthia is natove to South Africa.
Identification credit: Saroj Kasaju
Photographed in Kalimpong, West Bengal.
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