Species · genus Haworthiopsis · Asphodelaceae

Zebra Haworthia

Haworthiopsis attenuata (Haw.) G.D.Rowley

Also known as: Zebra Plant · Zebra Cactus · Zebra Wart

Growth habit

succulent perennial

Native range

Cape Provinces

Reference · H. attenuata

Cultivars of H. attenuata

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

No named cultivars catalogued under H. attenuata 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.

A small rosette-forming succulent from the dry Cape Provinces, this plant stores water in its stiff, banded leaves and is far more forgiving of drought than of wet roots. Plant it in gritty, fast-draining mix and water only when the soil has dried completely through the pot, then water deeply. Give it bright indirect light; the leaves can scorch in harsh direct sun indoors.

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

Sharp, well-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Offsets separated at repotting

Fertilizing

Dilute feed a couple of times over summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Tall stalk of tiny white tubular flowers

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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