Haworthia angustifolia var. angustifolia

Haworthia angustifolia, Hill View, Grahamstown

Haworthia angustifolia var. angustifolia Haw.


angustifolia: narrow-leaved

H. angustifolia comes from Eastern Cape. It is a modest species, which can be very easily propagated by offsetts. It is a small clump-forming species with long narrow leaves. It has frequently been confused with H. chloracantha, but it is a softer species and the marginal teeth are smaller and more closely spaced.

The Fish River is the eastern limit of distribution, Western borders are Zuurberg Mountains.

Map of distribution

H. angustifolia is growing among grass, in rock cracks or under small bushes. Sometimes only leave tips are visible above the soil - this is typical for var. paucifolia. In Howiesonspoort near Grahamstown are known hybrids with H. cymbiformis - it was described as H. perplexa V.Poelln. This species was first introduced probably by Bowie to Kew in 1824.

Haworthia angustifolia, Sevenfontein, NEW PHOTO

Haworthia angustifolia, Sevenfontein, NEW PHOTO

Haworthia angustifolia, Sevenfontein, NEW PHOTO

Locality of H. angustifolia, Sevenfontein, NEW PHOTO

Haworthia angustifolia, near Coombs, NEW PHOTO

Locality of H. angustifolia, near Coombs, NEW PHOTO

Haworthia angustifolia, Hill View, Grahamstown

Haworthia angustifolia, Hill View, Grahamstown

Haworthia angustifolia, near Aalwynspoort

Haworthia angustifolia, near Aalwynspoort

Haworthia angustifolia, near Aalwynspoort

Haworthia angustifolia, Mount Pleasant

Haworthia angustifolia, Mount Pleasant

Haworthia angustifolia, Mount Pleasant

Haworthia angustifolia - Signal Hill, near Grahamstown

Haworthia angustifolia - NE. Swartwaterpoort

This is an interesting form with blueish leave color. It should be var. altissima, but this plants seems to be "the normal one."

Synonym:
Aloe stenophylla, H.angustifolia var. grandis, H. albanensis, H. angustifolia var. albanensis

Known localities:

• Uyepoort, Zuurberg (3325AD)
• Somerset East to Zuurberg (3325BB)
• Kommadagga Stn. (3325BB)
• Annsvilla to Uitenhage (3325BD)
• Grahamstown (3326BC)
• Alicedale (3326AC)
• Wireless Stn. (3326AD)
• Highlands (3326AD)
• Fort Collingwood (3326AD)
• Howiesonspoort (3326AD)
• Hospital Hill (3326BC)
• Mt. Drive (3326BC)
• Near Coombs (3326BD)
• Trappes Valley (3326BD)
• Bathurst (3326BD)
• Lincoln Siding (3326DA)
• Paradise Kloof (3327AA)
• 4 km Grahamstown to Alicedale (3326AD)
• Kavalami (3326BD)
• 2 km E. Alicedale (3326AC)
• 16 km W. Riebeek East (3326AA)
• W. Kaffirdrift Police Station (3326BD)
• Clay Pits (3326BD) Coombs (3326BD)
• farm Longridge (3326BD)
• farm Banksia (3326BD)
• farm Glen Eden (3326DA)
• farm Hopewell (3326BD)
• NE. Cockscomb farm near Great Fish River
• near Aalwynspoort (3325BB)
• Oudekraal (3325BC)
• farm Roundhill (3326BD)
• S. Atherstone (3326AD)
• S. Glenhope (3326BD)
• SE. Martinsdale (3326BD)
• Seven Fountains (3326AD)
• Signal Hill (3326BC)
• W. Fairfax (3325BC)
• Woesthill Pass (3326BC)
• Governer´s Kop, ENE. Grahamstown
• Mount Pleasant
• Dundas, E. Grahamstown
• Thornkloof, N. Grahamstown
• Ann´s Villa
• Aalwynspoort Station