''Haworthia reticulata'' is a species of

succulent In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...

plant native to the southwestern

Cape Provinces The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the Sout ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. The species has several varieties, including var. ''hurlingii'' which is the smallest at up to wide. It can generally be distinguished from similar looking species with pale, green foliage like ''

Haworthia cymbiformis ''Haworthia cymbiformis'' is a species of the genus ''Haworthia'' in the family Asphodelaceae, endemic to the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Description Plants are small and grow clumps of rosettes of thick, fleshy, light green leaves ...

'' or ''

Haworthia herbacea ''Haworthia herbacea'' is a species of succulent plant in the genus Haworthia native to the Cape Province The Province of the Cape of Good Hope ( af, Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province ( af, Kaapprov ...

'' by the fact that its leaves are flat to convex in shape, though due to the various

ecotypes In evolutionary ecology, an ecotype,Greek: ''οίκος'' = home and ''τύπος'' = type, coined by Göte Turesson in 1922 sometimes called ecospecies, describes a genetically distinct geographic variety, population, or race within a specie ...

it is often difficult to tell them apart based on leaf morphology alone.

Varieties

* ''Haworthia reticulata'' var. ''reticulata'' * ''Haworthia reticulata'' var. ''attenuata'' M.B.Bayer * ''Haworthia reticulata'' var. ''hurlingii'' (Poelln.) M.B.Bayer * ''Haworthia reticulata'' var. ''subregularis'' (Baker) M.B.Bayer

References

External links

All you wanted to know about Haworthias, Gasterias and Astrolobas: Haworthia reticulata
(Blog post) * Flora of South Africa reticulata Plants described in 1804 {{Asphodelaceae-stub