Haworthia viscosa

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Read about Haworthia viscosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Haworthia viscosa, Haw. (Aloe viscosa, Linn. A. triangularis, .... Apicra viscosa. Willd.). St. with lvs. 1 ¼ -8 in., occasionally forked, clustered: lvs. dull green, ½ x 1 in., appressed with spreading tips, minutely scabrous: infl. 1 ft. high, slender and curving, simple; fls. green-lined. Cape. DC., PI. Gr. 16. B.M. 814. Salm, Aloe §3, f. 3.—The type, with straight ranks of lvs., varies into a form with larger less-crowded lvs., var. indurata (H. indurata, Haw., Aide indurata, R. & S., A. viscosa indurata, Salm), Salm, Aloe §3, f. 36; a small form with more spreading lvs. in somewhat spiral ranks, var. pseudotortuosa, Baker (H. pseudotortuosa, Haw., Aloe pseudotortuosa, Salm, A. subtortuosa, R. & S., Apicra tortuosa, Willd.), Salm, Aloe §3, f. 5; a dwarf form with straight-ranked, longer, more spreading, nearly smooth lvs., var. concinna, Baker (H. concinna, Haw., Aide concinna, R. & S., A. viscosa major, Salm), Sahn, Aloe §3, f. 4. Berger 24; and a taller form with more or less spiral ranks of outcurving lvs. 2 in. long, var. torquata, Baker (H. torquata, Haw., Aloe torquata, Salm), Salm, Aloe §3, f. 6. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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