| Family | CRASSULACEAE |
| Genus species | Orostachys spinosa (L.) Sweet |
| Synonyms | Cotyledon spinosa L. |
| Orostachys erubescens (Maxim.) Ohwi | |
| Orostachys minuta (Kom.) A.Berger | |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 600-2900m |
| Description | leaves in rosettes crowded, oblong, apical spine 2-4mm, stem leaves linear to oblanceolate, 1-3cm, acuminate, flowers in raceme or spike, sepals 2-3mm, red variegate; biennial |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | greenish yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | rosette, fl .stem erect |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring and in late summer; detachment of rosette |
| Territory |
Europe
Eastern Europe (East European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria , China North-Central , Tibet , Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CRASSULACEAE
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