Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria purpusiorum A.Berger |
Bibliography | Nat. Pflanzenfam. [H.G.A.Engler] ed. 2. 18a: 476 (1930) |
Native Range | c. & sw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | leaves crowded in rosettes, ovate, acuminate, thick, 3-4cm, adaxially flat, inflorescence racemose, lower bracts ovate, acute, flowers 6-9, corolla urceolate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | red-yellow |
Bloom | late spring, 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 | Urbinia purpusii Rose |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast) |