Haworthia cooperi is widely distributed, mostly in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (FSA 192). H. cooperi var. gordoniana, with its purplish cast, occurs west of most of the varieties of this species, extending into the Baviaanskloof of the Western Cape Province. A proliferous species, the clumps formed by this species can be large. These plants are rooted offsets in 4-inch pots.