Haworthia tortuosa

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Read about Haworthia tortuosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Haworthia tortuosa, Haw. (Aide tortuosa, Haw.). St. 4-5 in., more or less clustered: lvs. dull green, ¾ - 1 ½ in., ascending in 3 irregularly oblique crowded ranks, somewhat rough on the back: inn. about 1 ft. high, slender, occasionally forked; fls. rosy-lined. Cape. Salm, Aloe §4, f. 2. B.M. 1337. Berger 25.—Varies in a form with fleshier lvs., 2 in. long, rough on both faces, var. pseudorigida, Berger (H. subrigida, Baker, Aide pseudorigida, Salm, .4. subrigida, R. & S., Apicra pseudorigida, Haw., Apicra rigida, Willd.), Salm, Aloe §4, f. 1. Jacq. Fragm. 108; a still larger, greener, rougher, and more succulent form, var. major, Berger (A. pseudorigida major, Salm), Salm, Aloe §4, f. 2/9; and a smaller form with the more spirally arranged lvs. smooth above, var. tortella, Baker (H. tortella, Haw.). The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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