Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria calycosa Moran |
Bibliography | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 39: 14 (1967) |
Native Range | sw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1100-1200m |
Description | rosette solitary, flat, 5-15cm wide, leaves spathulate, shortly mucronate, 3-9cm, acute, inflorescence cincinnate, sepals ascendent, corolla 7-10mm long, petals lax |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow-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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXS Mexico Southwest) |