Fig. 131 – 7953 N Klipbankskloof westward view of habitat
Looking to the previous habitat of larger quartz rock
Fig. 8a. Habitat of H. elizeae. Stormsvlei.
Fig. 8b. Habitat of H. elizeae. Stormsvlei.
View further into Buitenstekloof
Ouhoekberg view to south.
Ouhoekberg view to southeast.
Ouhoekberg view to east.
Ouhoekberg view to north.
view Hammnsberg to the southeast
view from Hammansberg northwards
view from Hammansberg eastwards
Van Reenens Crest
View 4 looking northeast from within hiking trail
View 3 looking northeast from within hiking trail
View 2 looking northeast from within hiking trail
View 1 over Greyton from the northeast
8045 view looking west of north
View from Brakkloof looking east.
8048 view looking north
View looking east of north
7821 habitat viewed from the west.
View westwards to the Kanetvlei
Fig. 49 View from locality MBB7917 to that of MBB 7919.
Fig. 2 View from locality MBB7914 to Heuningklip.
Fig. 1 View of locality MBB7914.
Fig. 23.10 7075 View across site. Grootvlakte
7075 View of site at Grootvlakte
Fig. 23 7938 SE Stoffelsrivier View looking east to Sandhoogte
View looking east
Fig. 14.14 7497 View looking north.
13.22 View looking west to north of Kleinberg.
Fig. 6.3 7928 View looking southwest with Kleinberg off to the right.
Fig. 6.2 7928 View looking east to 7927
Fig. 80 7945 View lookin across depression to west facing slope
7945 View lookin across depression to west facing slope
Fig. 54 7943 View west to farmhouse
Fig. 45 7941 View east to Die Kop
Fig. 44 7941 View west to Haarwegskloof
Fig. 145 View looking northwest to Riviersonderend
Fig. 130 – 7953 Klipbankskloof West 3 View westwards
Fig.100 View looking south to Potberg.
Fig. 52 MBB7958 View to MBB7957 a. Daphne inspecting, Lawrence checking the GPS.
Fig. 35 View looking south to Tradouw Pass
Fig. 12 View looking east to Set 1.
Van Reenens Crest
Viewing site from the north
MBB7266 SE Lemoenpoort, view to southwest
13. A view from south Dwarsindieweg.
4c. View northwards from Bakoven
7. View south to Villiersdorp
1c. View looking west from north Muiskraal
1b. View looking south west over Muiskraal to Garcia Pass
1a.View from above Onverwacht North Westward to Ladismith
View taken looking eastwards from Kleindoorn (Kleindoornrivier)
View from the upper slopes of the Zuurberg at Wilgerfontein, with Darlington Dam just visible in the distance.
03 . View west of south from Sandberg.
View 2 From Cilmor eastwards.
View 1 From Cilmor to the northeast.
Fig. 4 View to the northwest across the flood plain.
Fig. 3 View northwest from a central position.
Fig. 1 An overview of the Kruis River Valley.
Fig. 14 The typical ‘pressure burst’ of white kaolinic soil from under more solid ferricrete where H. retusa and H. mirabilis are commonly found.
Fig. 91 The ‘white clay pressure burst’
Spitzkop at Riversdale. These flat-topped small peaks and larger tablelands are ferricrete caps often associated with clayish soils on the slopes. They are
often the home of Aloe ferox and A. arborescens. Sometimes there are grassy patches and pressure bursts of bare clay. H. magnifica and H. serrata occur in this kind of situation. However, these ferricrete sills are also north of the Langeberg mountains, where species like H. emelyae and H. bayeri may
occur.
8053 looking at Rooivlei
KG36-70 looking northwards
7821 looking northwards
Looking from Swartrug towards Riversdale.
Looking from Morning Star to Kransrivermond 097
This is a picture taken from a very late flowering population of H. maculata near Die Nekkies resort south of Worcester. Looking north to where H. maculata grows at about 4000ft on the Audenberg peak, and to the right at about 1000ft in the lower Hex River pass. That is where it occurs close to H. aff nortieri.
Fig. 90 The countryside looking towards the Tradouw Pass.
Fig. 1 A view looking north from Heuningklip to Tradouw. MBB6666 at arrow and MBB7899 at 6pt star – b
Fig. 3.7 Looking west to the Kleinberg
Also looking SE towards Die Kop and Potberg
Looking SE towards Die Kop and Potberg
MBB7266 SE Lemoenpoort, looking up at locality.
5. Looking north with M marking the location of Haworthia maculata, K – Karoo Garden
4. Still further east looking west northwest
2. Same spot looking east northeast
1. Looking down the north face Die Nekkies east to west
1e. Looking southwest to Garcia Pass from same spot as above
In a series of postings in the summer of 2019, Bruce Bayer discussed the taxonomy of Haworthia retusa and related H. turgida, H. pygmaea, H. mirabilis, H. magnifica, H. emelyae, H. mutica, H. groenwaldii, H. floribunda. Here are supplemental references.
H. retusa (L.) Duval in Pl. Succ. Hort. Alenc.: 7 (1809): Aloeretusa L. (1753). Lectotype, designated by Scott (1985): Illustration in Commelin, Horti Med. Amstelod. 2: t. 6 (1701). Epitype, designated by Breuer & Metzing (1997): Blikbonnie, E Riversdale, Dekenah s.n. NBG144772 (NBG).
retusa: with leaf-tips bent back thumb-like.
Rosette stemless, slowly or seldom proliferous, to 12cm φ. Leaves 10-15, turgid, rigid, with pronounced retused end-area, pointed tips, variously lined and windowed. Without surface spination and usually without spination on margins and keel. Colours brownish or green and seldom purpling. Inflorescence simple, robust, to 30cm. Flowers compacted on inflorescence, white with greenish-brown veins.
H. retusa var. turgida (Haw) Bayer (2012)H. turgida Haw. in Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 52 (1819). Neotype, designated by Breuer & Metzing (1997): Swellendam, Breede River Bridge, Bayer 2420 (NBG).
turgida: swollen.
Rosette partially stemless, proliferous, 5-10cm φ. Leaves 20-40, turgid often as thick as broad, recurved or slightly retused, generally mottled, yellow-green to pink in sun, margins and keel lightly spined. Inflorescence simple, 15-20cm. Flowers slender, brownish-white with darker venation.
H. pygmaea V.Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 132 (1930). Neotype, designated by Breuer & Metzing (1997): hills E Great Brak, Fourcade 4759 (BOL).
pygmaea: dwarf.
Rosette stemless, slowly proliferous, 6-10cm φ. Leaves 12-15, retused, round-tipped, surface pellucid with obscure raised tubercles, sometimes intensely papillose. Inflorescence simple, robust, to 30cm. Flowers white with greenish veins.
H. mirabilis (Haw.) Haw. in Syn. Pl. Succ.: 95 (1812): Aloemirabilis Haw. (1804). Neotype, designated by Bayer (1977): Illustration in Curtis’ Bot. Mag.: t. 1354 (1811). Epitype, designated by Breuer & Metzing (1997): Skuitsberg, between Caledon and Greyton, Bayer 2453 (NBG).
mirabilis: wonderful.
Rosette stemless, proliferous, to 7cm φ. Leaves 10-15, retused, 3-4cm X 1,5cm, markedly retused, acute above, face translucent and lined, dark green, with marginal spines turning reddish in the sun. Inflorescence slender. Flowers narrow, elongate, biarcuate bud, upper lobes pinched at tips.
H. mirabilis var. magnifica (V.Poelln.) Bayer (2012): Haworthiamagnifica V.Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 33: 240 (1933): H. maraisii var. magnifica (V.Poelln.) Bayer : 131 (1976). Lectotype, designated by Breuer & Metzing (1997): Riversdale, Ferguson.
magnifica: magnificent.
Rosette stemless, slowly proliferous, to 8 cm φ. Leaves spreading, retused to ground level, dark green to purplish, scabrid to finely spined margins, end-area slightly translucent between the veins, surfaces with small slightly raised tubercles. Inflorescence slender, to 40cm. Flowers brownish veined, few open, upper lobes pinched at tips.
H. emelyae V.Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni. Veg. 42: 271 (1937). Lectotype, designated by Breuer & Metzing (1997): [unpublished image] (B).
emelyae: for Emely Ferguson.
Rosette to 10cm φ, seldom proliferous. Leaves 15-20, distinctly retused, pointed, barely translucent, with scattered elongate small flecks, with obscure raised tubercles, lined, reddish-brown hued. Inflorescence simple. Flowers 15-20, white.
H. mutica Haw. in Revis.:55 (1821). Lectotype, designated by Bayer (1978): [image] (K; later published in Excelsa 8: 50 (1978). Epitype, designated by Breuer & Metzing (1997): NE Soetrivier Bridge, Bayer KG623/69 (NBG).
mutica: without a point.
Rosette stemless. non-proliferous, 6-8cm φ. Leaves 12-15, retused, blunt-tipped, brownish-green, in habitat developing purplish cloudiness, barely pellucid with several longitudinal lines. Inflorescence simple, to 20cm. Flowers white with brownish veins.
Description: Always growing singly, but in a couple of cases growing in groups of plants of different ages. Rosette: acaulescent, 40-50 mm Ø (exceptionally up to 100 mm). Leaves: 5-7(8), fleshy, spreading, end-area in most cases very rounded (resembling H. springbokvlakensis), 20-25 mm long, 13-18 mm broad, 11-13 mm thick. Leaf surface of back and leaf-base, smooth, opaque; colour dull dark green. Margins: opaque, smooth. Back without keel. End-areas: 13-18 mm long, face translucent, with 3-5 whitish parallel lines, the middle one the longest (sometimes parallel lines are ± partly of greenish colour). Surface of the end area, rough with small papillae. End area of some specimens are with ± whitish, ± raised dots, in a few cases the dots are blended into cloudy flecks. Leaf-tip: very rounded, without teeth. Inflorescence: 300-600 mm long, 1.2-2 mm diam., Peduncle: 200-300 mm long. Sterile Bracts: 15-20, 5-7 mm long. Raceme: 100-300 mm long. 8-18 flowers, 2-5 flowers open at one time. Fertile Bracts: 3-4 mm long. Pedicels: 2-4 mm long, 1-1.2 mm diam. Flowers: 14-16 mm long. Perianth: 3 -4 mm diam. Flower-face: 9-12 mm long. Upper part: 6-7 mm long, 3-5 mm broad. Lower part: 5-7 mm long, 5-9 mm broad. Fruit: 11-18 mm long, 2.5-4 mm thick. Flowering time February–March. Type Information Collector: J. Groenewald s.n. (= MBB7801) Locality: 3420 (-BA), Buffeljagsrivier, Western Cape, SA.
Haworthia groenewaldii ‘typical’ specimen with whitish flecks and parallel lines with some green colour.
Haworthia groenewaldii in Habitat. Specimen without whitish flecks, growing in between Merxmuellera disticha, a hard and unpalatable grass.
Another specimen of Haworthia groenwaldii with little whitish flecks
A specimen of Haworthia groenewaldii with inflorescence among a group of smaller plants.
H. floribunda V.Poelln. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 40: 149 (1936). Neotype, designated by Bayer (1982): [unpublished image] (B). Epitype, designated by Breuer & Metzing (1997): Blackdown, NE Heidelberg, Bayer 158 (NBG).
floribunda: many flowered.
Rosette stemless, up to 3cm φ, slowly proliferous. Leaves 20-30 dark green opaque, upto ovate-lanceolate, spreading, twisted with flattened, rounded tip, margins scabrid to dentate. Inflorescence simple, to 250mm. Flowers 10-15, greenish-white, few open together.
Journal of the Linnean Society vol 18 – 1881, J. G. Baker ‘On Aloinea and Yuccoidea’ – 3. Haworthia starting on 209 (page 197). H. retusa 220 (208). H. turgida on the next page.
