| Family | CRASSULACEAE |
| Genus species | Orostachys thyrsiflora Fisch. |
| Bibliography | Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 2: 274 (1809) |
| Native Range | e. European Russia to Mongolia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1000-2100m |
| Description | leaves in rosettes green, imbricate, linear-lanceolate, 1-2mm, shortly mucronate, stem leaves oblong, 4-7mm, flowers in raceme, sepals triangular-ovate, anthers purple; biennial |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | reddish, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | succulent perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 |
| Synonyms | Cotyledon leucantha Ledeb. Cotyledon rosea Less. Orostachys rosea (Less.) A.Berger Cotyledon thyrsiflora (Fisch.) D.Dietr. Sedum spinosum var. thyrsiflorum (Fisch.) Fröd. Orostachys thyrsiflora var. rosea (Less.) V.V.Byalt Umbilicus leucanthus (Ledeb.) G.Don Umbilicus thyrsilforus (Fisch.) DC. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |