Pearl Plant Tulista pumila
Other Common Name(s):
Other plants called Pearl Plant:
Previously known as:
- Aloe arachnoides var. pumila
- Aloe pumila
- Haworthia pumila
- Phonetic Spelling
- too-LIS-tuh POO-mil-uh
- Description
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These are slow-growing succulents native to South Africa formerly in the Haworthia genus. They are grown more for their showy leaves than for the flowers. The leaves grow in a rosette and are covered with raised white tubercles. Some of them produce offsets which can then be separated to form new plants. Rosettes can grow up to 10 inches wide and 8 inches tall.
Grow these plants in containers in well-drained soils meant for succulents to prevent root rot. They will tolerate full sun but prefer a semi-shady area and will do well in a window.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Emperor'
dark green to bluish green leaves with raised lines and ridges of bands, spots or line of either white, cream, or reddish brown - 'Tears of Angels'
lines or spots of milky white tubercles - var. ohkuwae
Formerly Haworthia ohkuwae, large opal-like tubercules, rare hybrid - var. pumila
Formerly Haworthia margaritifera - var. sparsa
Formerly Haworthia sparsa
- 'Emperor'
- 'Emperor', 'Tears of Angels', var. ohkuwae, var. pumila, var. sparsa
- Tags:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Emperor'
dark green to bluish green leaves with raised lines and ridges of bands, spots or line of either white, cream, or reddish brown - 'Tears of Angels'
lines or spots of milky white tubercles - var. ohkuwae
Formerly Haworthia ohkuwae, large opal-like tubercules, rare hybrid - var. pumila
Formerly Haworthia margaritifera - var. sparsa
Formerly Haworthia sparsa
- 'Emperor'
- 'Emperor', 'Tears of Angels', var. ohkuwae, var. pumila, var. sparsa
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Tulista
- Species:
- pumila
- Family:
- Asphodelaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Division
- Seed
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- South Africa
- Dimensions:
- Height: 0 ft. 4 in. - 0 ft. 8 in.
- Width: 0 ft. 5 in. - 0 ft. 10 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Houseplant
- Succulent
- Habit/Form:
- Clumping
- Erect
- Growth Rate:
- Slow
- Maintenance:
- Low
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Occasionally Dry
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Pink
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Tubular
- Flower Petals:
- 2-3 rays/petals
- Flower Description:
- Nonshowy brownish to pinkish tubular flowers on 16-inch stems
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Fleshy
- Rough
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Long-lasting
- Showy
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Rosulate
- Leaf Shape:
- Deltoid
- Lanceolate
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Width:
- < 1 inch
- Leaf Description:
- Upright triangular leaves are sometimes incurved and green to brownish green with raised white tubercles. They grow up to 5.5 inches long and up to 1 inch wide in a rosette. Varies per species.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Houseplants
- Landscape Theme:
- Fairy Garden
- Rock Garden
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Drought