Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Villadia squamulosa (S.Watson) Rose |
Bibliography | Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 5 (1903) |
Native Range | w. Texas to n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1800-2400m |
Description | leaves alternate, sessile, linear, subterete, carnose, calcarate, flowers in terminal spike, subsessile, corolla straight, 5-merous, petals spreading |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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 in late spring |
Synonyms | Altamiranoa squamulosa (S.Watson) E.Walther Cotyledon parviflora var. squamulosa S.Watson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |