Mazhar Botanic Garden

Haworthiopsis limifolia (Marloth) G.D.Rowley

File leafed haworthia

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001094
Common name: File leafed haworthia
English name: Fairies Washboard
Arabic name: هاورثيا ليميفوليا
Native: Southeastern Africa
Country: South Africa
(PGR): Very rare

Succulent plant that forms compact, stemless rosettes up yo 12 mm in diameter leaves dark green 10 cm long, 2-4 cm broad, with transverse ridges of raised tubercles, the rosettes produce 12–30 broad, triangular leaves, giving them a characteristic pinwheel-like shape flowers white to pink, tubular 2- lipped, 

popular ornamental plant in horticulture, and is grown in the garden or as a pot plant. medicine plants.

Texture: Mildly acidic soils Rocky  Sandy alluvia Sandy loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Mediterranean Subtropics Temperate
Lights: Light shade Light shade in dry
Propagation: Seeds, division and leaf cuttings.
Flowering time: Spring, summer and any time of the year
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 6.0-7.0
Status: Vulnerable threatened
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Succulent
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Desert
Plant Uses: Indoor plant Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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