Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria amphoralis E.Walther |
Bibliography | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 30: 149 (1958) |
Native Range | sw. Mexico (Oaxaca) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-2100m |
Description | leaves numerous, obovate-cuneate, mucronate, to 35mm, thick, shortly petiolate, inflorescence composite, racemose, corolla large, to 24mm long, 7-11mm wide, amphora-like |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | red-yellow |
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) |