Haworthia cooperi
A small, clump-forming, soft-leaved Haworthia with light green to blue-green fleshy rosettes. The leaves often have bristly margins and translucent 'window' tips. It comes from the Eastern Cape of South Africa, between Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and East London, where it grows half-buried in sandy or gritty soil under grass and shrubs. It is very variable, with more than a dozen named varieties such as var. pilifera, var. truncata and var. venusta.
Where it grows wild
It grows on lowland plains and gentle slopes in coastal thicket, grassland and karroid scrub. Plants sit mostly buried in sandy or gritty soil with only the translucent leaf tips exposed, often under the shelter of grasses, shrubs or rocks. The related H. cymbiformis grows on cliffs nearby, and the two merge where their habitats meet.
The records carry no elevations. The range spans coastal plains near sea level and the inland hills of the Eastern Cape, up to roughly 1000 m.
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