Species · genus Haworthia · Asphodelaceae

Bristle Haworthia

Haworthia cooperi Baker

Growth habit

succulent perennial

Native range

Cape Provinces

Reference · H. cooperi

Cultivars of H. cooperi

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

Guide

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A small rosette-forming succulent from the dry Cape Provinces of South Africa, where it stores water in its plump, translucent-tipped leaves. Plant it in gritty, fast-draining mix and water deeply only when the soil has dried out completely, roughly every two to four weeks; in habitat it sits partly shaded under rocks and shrubs, so bright indirect light suits it better than harsh direct sun. It rots quickly if left sitting wet, so err toward under-watering.

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 14-28d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

10–27 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining succulent mix

Propagation

Offsets or leaf cuttings, callused first

Fertilizing

Weak feed once or twice over the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Small white flowers on a thin stalk; foliage is the draw

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 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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