This succulent has an underground plant body with fleshy roots and emerging leaf tips that forms a small cluster. it has thick fleshy bluish green linear leaves at ground level and white tube-shaped flowers appear in a raceme above the foliage during spring.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10

Haworthia truncata var. truncata is naturally found in South Africa growing in Little Karoo in the Western Cape amongst rocky outcrops.  

It prefers an open to exposed shaded to semi-shade position and grows in very well drained, poor sandy stony soil that is neutral tending alkaline. It is drought and light frost tolerant but dislikes wet soils that rapidly cause root rot.

Horse Teeth is grown for its unusual foliage and small tubular flowers. It is planted in shaded rockeries or amongst rock crevices in small or arid gardens. It is more commonly grown as a potted specimen in a succulent collection and in cold climates are grown in a conservatory or under glass. 

This succulent is suitable for coastal or low-mountain regions and established in 4-6 years and the long-lived. This small plant has a limited landscape use but is an interesting feature in a small garden or as an indoor plant in a well lit position. It has become endangered in its native habitat as result of plant poachers, habitat destruction and from ostriches feeding on them. ID 2084

Haworthia (hay-WOR-thee-uh) truncata (trunk-AH-tuh)

Note:
This plant has a fleshy fibrous root system that is regarded as contractile as they pulll the plant downwards into the soil during the heat of summer to protect it from the intense sunlight.  Plant up into a deep pot to allow for root growth and plants should be re-potted on an annual basis.

Xanthorrhoeaceae (zan-thor-RHO-AY-see-ee)