Haworthia bayeri
| Haworthia bayeri | |
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| Large Haworthia bayeri in habitat | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asphodelaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | Haworthia |
| Species: | H. bayeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Haworthia bayeri J.D.Venter & S.A.Hammer | |
Haworthia bayeri is a species of the genus Haworthia in the family Asphodelaceae, endemic to the southern Cape Provinces in South Africa.
Description
It can be distinguished from its Haworthia relatives, by its rounded leaf tips and its dark colour. Rosettes are usually solitary, as the plant rarely forms offsets.
This species is variable and has multiple different regional forms:
Flowers appear in September and October.
Relatives
This is a "retuse" species of Haworthia and is easily confused with its relatives (e.g. Haworthia pygmaea, Haworthia retusa, Haworthia springbokvlakensis, Haworthia mirabilis, Haworthia emelyae and Haworthia magnifica).
Distribution
The natural range of this species is in the arid Little Karoo area around the boundary between the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape Provinces, South Africa. Here is occurs roughly between Oudtshoorn in the west and Uniondale in the east. This is an arid summer rainfall region.
It grows easily in cultivation, but requires very well drained soil. It can be propagated by leaf cuttings and seed, as it rarely offsets.
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