Species · genus Haworthiopsis · Asphodelaceae

Fasciated Haworthia

Haworthiopsis fasciata (Willd.) G.D.Rowley

Also known as: Gamtoos Haworthia · Zebra Haworthia · Zebra-plant

Growth habit

succulent subshrub

Native range

Cape Provinces

Reference · H. fasciata

Cultivars of H. fasciata

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

No named cultivars catalogued under H. fasciata 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, storing water in firm, banded leaves and adapted to gritty, fast-draining soil. Grow it in a sharp, mineral mix and water deeply only when the soil has dried out completely to the bottom of the pot, then let it dry again. It tolerates bright indirect light and gentle morning sun, but prolonged harsh direct sun can scorch the leaves.

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 cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Offsets (pups) potted up, or leaf cuttings

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed once or twice in spring and summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Slender tubular blooms possible but rare indoors

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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