Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria canaliculata Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 83: t. 4986 (1857) |
Native Range | Mexico |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves 10-15cm, oblong or strapshaped, thick, carnose, adaxially deeply canaliculate, raceme 15cm, sepals linear-lanceolate, corolla to 25mm, petals erect, lanceolate |
Size | 35-50cm |
Color | bright red |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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 summer |
Synonyms | Cotyledon canaliculata (Hook.f.) Baker Echeveria rubescens Lem. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) |