Tulista

Morphological Summary

Tulista is a small genus of stemless succulents endemic to South Africa's Western Cape Province, segregated from Haworthia in the early nineteenth century and revalidated through molecular phylogenetic research. Its members form stemless rosettes of robust, fleshy leaves that are generally larger than those of other haworthioids, lack leaf fibres, and produce a yellowish leaf exudate. Flowers are bilabiate, white with pink or brownish-green central veins, borne on well-branched inflorescences. All species are slow-growing and long-lived, widely prized by collectors worldwide.