Haworthia mirabilis
Haworthia mirabilis var triebneriana
Haworthia mirabilis is a species of the genus Haworthia in the subfamily Asphodelus ( Asphodeloideae ).
Description
Haworthia mirabilis grows and stemless clumping. The 10 to 15 significantly trimmed leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 7 centimeters. The dark green leaf blade is 3 to 4 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. Your tip is pointed. The translucent leaf surface is lined. The thorns on the leaf margin are reddish in the sun.
The slender inflorescence reaches a length of up to 25 centimeters. The flowers are narrow and elongated in the bud stage S-shaped. The inner tepals are excluded at their tips.
Systematics and distribution
Haworthia mirabilis is common in the South African province of Western Cape.
The first description as Aloe mirabilis by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1804. In 1812 he placed the species in the genus Haworthia.
Nomenclatural synonyms are Apicra mirabilis Willd. (1811, incorrect name ICBN article 11.4) and Haworthia retusa var mirabilis ( Haw. ) Halda (1997).
We distinguish the following varieties:
- Haworthia mirabilis var mirabilis
- Haworthia mirabilis var badia ( Poelln. ) MBBayer
- Haworthia mirabilis var beukmannii ( Poelln. ) MBBayer
- Haworthia mirabilis var calcarea M.B.Bayer
- Haworthia mirabilis var consanguinea M.B.Bayer
- Haworthia mirabilis var paradoxa ( Poelln. ) MBBayer
- Haworthia mirabilis var sublineata ( Poelln. ) MBBayer
- Haworthia mirabilis var triebneriana ( Poelln. ) MBBayer