Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria gracilis Rose apud E.Walther |
Bibliography | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 7: 40 (1935) |
Native Range | c. & sw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1600-2100m |
Description | leaves in rosette, cuneate-spathulate, obtuse or rounded, mucronate, 2-3cm, adaxially flat, abaxially carinate, inflorescence racemose, 5-11-flowered, corolla 9-11mm |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | red-orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXS Mexico Southwest) |