Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Graptopetalum marginatum Kimnach & Moran |
Bibliography | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 74: 196 (2002) |
Native Range | sw. Mexico (Nayarit) |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-700m |
Description | rosettes 6-14cm, leaves with conspicuous white margins, obovate-spathulate, mucronate, 5cm, stem leaves lanceolate, cincinni 10-14, 5-6-flowered, 3-7cm long, petals 1cm |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | white-red |
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 (MXS Mexico Southwest) |