Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Pachyphytum contrerasii Pérez-Calix, I.Garcia & Chazáro |
Bibliography | Acta Bot. Mex. 83: 64 (2008) |
Native Range | sw. Mexico (Jalisco) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1400-1500m |
Description | glabrous, glaucous, rosettes lax, on apex of branchlets, leaves narrowly elliptic, obtuse, 4-8cm, adaxially bluish, inflorescence cincinnate, sepals large, corolla campanulate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | green |
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) |