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Haworthia aristata

A small, rosette-forming Haworthia from the Eastern Cape of South Africa, found from Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) inland to Kommadagga in the Sundays River Valley and Addo area. Herbarium notes place it on clay cliff faces, facing south-east in sheltered positions, which tells you it wants bright shade rather than full sun. Grow it like other soft-leaved haworthias: bright filtered light, a very free-draining mix, and water mainly in the cooler months.

Haworthia aristata
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

It grows on clay cliff faces, facing south-east in sheltered positions, in the dry thicket country of the Sundays River Valley and around Nelson Mandela Bay. It is threatened by development, overgrazing, quarrying and collecting.

Records carry no elevations. The range runs from near the coast at Port Elizabeth to the low inland hills around Kommadagga, probably below about 600 m.

South Africa (Eastern Cape: Nelson Mandela Bay, Sundays River Valley, Addo, Blue Crane Route)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.