Haworthiopsis glauca

Haworthiopsis glauca, N. Fullarton

Haworthiopsis glauca Baker

glauca: glaucous, powdery, bluish-green.

H. glauca is stem forming species with glaucous, incurved, grey-green leaves, which can be erect or spreading, tuberculate, with whitesh markings or it can be (and usually is) completly glabrous. It is freely offseting species which forms larger clusters in nature, it is growing often exposed on the rock slopes or under the weak protection of bushes. And because of its stem-growing habit, it is usually damaged by grazing animals like other Haworthiopsis or Astroloba.

Distribution map

H. glauca occurs in the Eastern Cape province from the Willowmore in the West to Uitenhage in the East, from Jansenville in the North to Kirkwood in the South. The form with tubercles was described as var. herrei. Very interesting, almost intermediate looking like form with H. coarctata was reported high up on farm Kabouga. Other attractive for is from Kirkwood, where plants have olive green color with very smooth and shiny surface. Several natural hybrids with H. viscosa were reported mostly from area around Fullarton.

In cultivation H. glauca is very easy plant, it needs a bit more light to stay compact. Propagation can be done by offsetts.

H. glauca, Rooikoppe, NEW PHOTO

Synonyms:
H. herrei, H. herei var. depauperata, H. jacobseniana, H. eilyae, H. jonesiae, H. herrei var. poellnitzii, H. eilyae var. poellnitziana, H. eilyae var zantneriana, H. armstrongii, H. glauca var. herrei f. armstrongii, H. glauca var. herrei

Known localities:

• Fairview (3224CD)
• 1 km N. Jansenville (3224DC)
• De Hoogte (3225CD)
• Wilds View (3323BA)
• Burbank (3324AA)
• 2 km E. Humefield (3324AA)
• Paardepoort (3325AC)
• De Plaat (3325AD)
• Zuurberg Pass 3325BC)
• Zuurberg Pass, N. Inn (3325BC)
• NE. Kirkwood
• Redcliffe (3323BA)
• Miller (3323BB)
• 4 km SW. Miller (3323BB)
• 11 km SW. Miller (3323BB)
• W. Knoetze (3323BB)
• 11 km Knoetze to Miller (3323BB)
• Campherspoort (3324AA)
• 1 km W. Campherspoort (3324AA)
• 6 km W. Campherspoort (3324AA)
• 16 km W. Campherspoort (3324AA)
• Pienaarspoort (3324AB)
• E. Campherspoort (3324AB)
• Waaipoort (3324AD)
• Zeekoeisnek (3324BC)
• Kleinpoort (3324BD)
• 3 km S. Kleinpoort (3324BD)
• Bauerskraal (3325CB)
• 10 km NW. Uitenhaage (3325CB)
• N. Kirkwood
• Ruigtefontein, SW. Baroe
• 2 km N. Fullarton (3323BB)
• Ballingary (3325BC)
• Beerpoort, NW. Steytlerville (3323BB)
• between Medenpoort and Campherspoort (3324AA)
• Persevearence farm, near Fullarton (3223DB)
• The Springs, on road from Uitenhage to Jansenville (3325CB)
• Weltevrede (3325AC)
• Osplaat (3224CD)
• Wolvefontein towards Jansenville (3324BD)
• between Kleinpoort and Steytlerville (3324BD)
• N-end of Campherspoort (3324AB)
• NW. Steytlerville (3324AD)
• Lunsklip (3323BB)
• Naroega´s Poort (3323BB) 
• E. Persevearence (3323BA)
• W. Redcliffe (3323BA)
• Seekoeinek (3324BC) 
• N. Rooikoppe (3324DA)
• Highwood (3325AC)
• Oudekraal (3325BC)
• Timbila (3323BB)
• Witrivier (3325BC)

H. glauca, Timbila (with H. zatneriana), NEW PHOTO

H. glauca, Timbila, NEW PHOTO

H. glauca, Timbila, NEW PHOTO

Locality of H. glauca, Timbila, NEW PHOTO

H. glauca, near Oudekraal, NEW PHOTO

H. glauca, near Oudekraal, NEW PHOTO

Locality of H. glauca, near Oudekraal, NEW PHOTO

H. glauca, Witrivier, NEW PHOTO

H. glauca, Witrivier, NEW PHOTO

H. glauca, Witrivier, NEW PHOTO

H. glauca, Rooikoppe

H. glauca, Rooikoppe

H. glauca, Rooikoppe

H. glauca, Rooikoppe

Locality of H. glauca, Rooikoppe, NEW PHOTO

H. glauca, Highwood

H. glauca, Highwood

H. glauca, Highwood

H. glauca, Highwood

H. glauca, Highwood

Locality of H. glauca, Highwood

H. glauca, E. Persevearence

H. glauca, E. Persevearence

H. glauca, E. Persevearence

Locality of H. glauca, E. Persevearence

H. glauca, W. Redcliffe

H. glauca, W. Redcliffe

H. glauca, W. Redcliffe

Locality of H. glauca, W. Redcliffe

H. glauca var. herrei, Seekoeinek

H. glauca var. herrei, Seekoeinek

H. glauca var. herrei, Seekoeinek

H. glauca var. herrei, Seekoeinek

Locality of H. glauca var. herrei, Seekoeinek

H. glauca, Perdepoort

H. glauca, Perdepoort

H. glauca, Perdepoort

Locality of H. glauca, Perdepoort

H. glauca, Lunsklip

H. glauca, Lunsklip

H. glauca, Lunsklip

Locality of H. glauca, Lunsklip

H. glauca, Naroega´s Poort

H. glauca, Naroega´s Poort

H. glauca, Naroega´s Poort

Locality of H. glauca, Naroega´s Poort

H. glauca, N. Fullarton

H. glauca, N. Fullarton

H. glauca, N. Fullarton

H. aff. glauca, Wilgerfontein, Kabouga

H. aff. glauca, Wilgerfontein, Kabouga

H. aff. glauca, Wilgerfontein, Kabouga

Locality of H. aff. glauca, Wilgerfontein, Kabouga

H. glauca var. herrei, N. Kampherspoort

H. glauca var. herrei, N. Kampherspoort

H. glauca var. herrei, N. Kampherspoort

Locality of H. glauca, N. Kampherspoort

H. glauca, Osplaat, NW. Jansenville

H. glauca, Osplaat, NW. Jansenville

H. glauca, Osplaat, NW. Jansenville

Locality of H. glauca, Osplaat, NW. Jansenville

H. glauca, Oranje, W. Kirkwood

H. glauca, Oranje, W. Kirkwood

H. glauca, Oranje, W. Kirkwood

H. glauca, Oranje, W. Kirkwood

Locality of H. glauca, Oranje, W. Kirkwood