Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria alata Alexander |
Bibliography | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 13: 136 (1941) |
Native Range | sw. Mexico (Oaxaca) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1100-1200m |
Description | leaves oblanceolate, on base long attenuate, rounded, mucronate, to 6cm, thick, carnose, inflorescence racemose, flowers 10-12, sepals acute, corolla 17-22mm, urceolate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | red-yellow |
Bloom | autumn, spring |
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 spring |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXS Mexico Southwest) |