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Haworthia retusa
Haworthia retusa
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Arid shrubland
Range
South Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Rare

About

This succulent plant grows in the rocky soil of the Western Cape in South Africa. Its translucent leaf tips act like windows to let sunlight reach its buried inner tissues.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asphodelaceae
Genus
Haworthia
Species
Haworthia retusa