Species · genus Faucaria · Aizoaceae

Tiger's-jaw

Faucaria tigrina (Haw.) Schwantes

Also known as: Tiger Tigerfig · Tiger's-jaws

Reference · F. tigrina

Cultivars of F. tigrina

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under F. tigrina yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Faucaria tigrina is a leaf-succulent in the Aizoaceae, a family of arid and semi-arid natives that store water in thick, fleshy foliage. Give it gritty, fast-draining mix and the brightest light you can offer, and water deeply only once the soil has dried out completely, roughly every 10 to 21 days in active growth. It stores its own reserves and rots easily if left sitting wet, so err on the side of drought.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified
Light
ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water
ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d)
Humidity
ai:claude-opus-4-8
Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

Not documented

Soil mix

Not documented

Propagation

Not documented

Fertilizing

Not documented

Growth rate

Not documented

Flowering

Not documented

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 10-21d)

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