Sometimes treated as a variety of H. mirabilis, this distinctive entity is here treated as the species pending resolution of its rather confused taxonomy and resulting nomenclature. It is characterized by its miniature rosettes of dark, blue-green, retuse leaves with a scabrous surface. The rosettes are particularly dwarfed in the form offered here, only 2 cm in diameter and slowly offsetting to form a clump. We offer divisions of HBG 120289, purchased at the Karoo Botanical Garden (KBG 148/2000), Worcester, S. Africa, in 2002. The clone was originally collected by Dr. V. B. Reddi (821) without locality data, but the species is widespread in the Robertson District, W. Cape, S. Africa. $12.
Published in the Cactus and Succulent Journal, Vol. 97 (2), Summer 2025