Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Graptopetalum rusbyi (Greene) Rose |
Bibliography | Addisonia 9: 31 (1924) |
Native Range | c. & s. Arizona to New Mexico and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 600-1700m |
Description | rosettes 2-10cm, leaves green, rhombic-obovate, scabrous, thinly apiculate, inflorescence flattened cyme, flowers 6-7-merous, corolla 14-21mm, brownish striped |
Size | 4-18cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | late spring |
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Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Cotyledon rusbyi Greene Dudleya rusbyi (Greene) Britton & Rose Echeveria rusbyi (Greene) A.Nelson Graptopetalum orpetii E.Walther |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |