Haworthia cymbiformis is a species of variable shapes and colors. It is a small ground cover species, characterized by fleshy, soft and swollen, from the stored water, leaves. It forms compact rosettes of slightly transparent leaves, that are of various colors, when exposed to intense light or when stay in dry cold conditions. The leaves' color may vary from green to red-orange. From spring to summer it blooms with small whitish flowers that pop up at the apex of the peduncle.