Haworthia is a genus of perennial plants that received its name in 1809 in honor of the English botanist, specialist in cacti and succulents Adrian Haworth. The genus belongs to the subfamily Asphodelaceae of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae and is closely related to other Asphodelaceae - aloe, gasteria, kniphofia. In its homeland, South Africa, Haworthia grows in the shade of other plants and has a structure adapted to rocky and sandy rocks. Its stems are fleshy, leathery, serve as a kind of pantry for storing moisture and nutrients.
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It has a small size, even an adult specimen reaches only 10-15 cm in height. Unusual dark green leaves can be narrowed or blunt (as if cut off) at the ends to varying degrees, convex on one side and keeled on the other. The leaves are folded into rosettes that have no stem at all, or a very short one. The appearance of Haworthia is so unique that in its appearance you can see absolutely fantastic figures resembling minerals, stalagmites and stalactites, decorated with pearl tubercles.

