Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Haworthia

Family: Asphodelaceae

Synonym: Haworthia turgida var. suberecta

Distribution: Western Cape

National red list: Not Evaluated

Life form: Succulent plant

Comments: Plant endemic to a very small area around Riversdale in the Western Cape Province. The genus name Haworthia honours the British botanist Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833), while the species name retusa is derived from Latin and refers to the notch in the leaf tip.