About Haworthia mucronata Haw.
Plants of Haworthia mucronata grow as tight, proliferous clumps made up of offsetting rosettes. It belongs to the soft-leaved, pale-green group of Haworthias, and is frequently confused with related species such as Haworthia cooperi, Haworthia cymbiformis and Haworthia marumiana. In its natural habitat, it naturally hybridises with Haworthia arachnoidea, and the two species appear to form a continuum of forms. The unique identifying feature of this species is the transparency of the leaf keel and leaf margins, which sets it apart from most of its relatives. While some individual plants have bristles along their leaf margins, this trait is not a distinguishing feature of the species. The plants are relatively small. The leaves are mildly incurved and ovate-lanceolate, and are densely packed in large numbers within the rosette. This species is relatively common in its natural habitat, where it grows across the area from Barrydale to Oudtshoorn. It is endemic to the Little Karoo region of Western Cape Province, South Africa.
