Haworthia blackburniae
A slow-growing, grass-like haworthia from the foothills of the Swartberg in the Little Karoo, where it hides among rocks and low shrubs with its narrow leaves drying back in drought. It grows from thickened, fleshy roots that store water, which makes it notoriously touchy in cultivation: it rots easily if kept wet and cool. Grow it like a winter-and-spring-growing Karoo succulent with bright but not scorching light and a very open mineral mix.
Where it grows wild
It grows in the transition between fynbos and Succulent Karoo on the Swartberg foothills, among stones, in rock crevices and under the partial cover of small shrubs and grasses, where it is easily mistaken for a grass tuft.
No elevations are given in the sources; the foothill localities around Ladismith, Oudtshoorn and De Rust lie at roughly 300–900 m.
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