Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria strictiflora A.Gray |
Bibliography | Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 76 (1852) |
Native Range | s. Texas to ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1100-2100m |
Description | rosettes 5-15cm, leaves grey-green, acute, adaxially broadly canaliculate, stem leaves elliptic, cincinni many flowered, 5-35cm, corolla 11-17mm, lobes lanceolate, acute |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | pink, red |
Bloom | summer |
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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 |
Synonyms | Cotyledon strictiflora (A.Gray) Baker |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |