Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria tenuis Rose |
Bibliography | Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 7 (1903) |
Native Range | ne. Mexico (Zacatecas) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves in rosettes few, very thick, oblong-ovate, acute, sharply mucronate, adaxially flat, 4-6cm, raceme secund, 12-15-flowered, corolla campanulate, 15mm |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | rose-yellow |
Bloom | 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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |