Wide-ranging, variable Haworthia with windows and ornamental lines forming a mosaic near the upper surface of the leaves (which looks a bit like alligator skin), and a rough lower leaf surface. Green to brown with stress. From several provinces in South Africa, just into southern Namibia. Often forms large clusters, especially in cultivation. Offsets may appear from axillary buds at the base of the leaves (like H. cooperi or cymbiformis) or they may appear a short distance away at the end of underground stolons. This species was formerly a subspecies of venosa, which has a much more limited range near the cape, and that name persists in the hands of many collectors. Haworthiopsis was recently separated from Haworthia based on genetic studies.

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