| Family | CRASSULACEAE |
| Genus species | Sempervivum tectorum L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 464 (1753) |
| Native Range | Pyrenees to w. Balkan Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 500-2800m |
| Description | rosettes large, flat, 3-8cm wide, blue-green, leaves oblong-lanceolate, finely acuminate, white ciliate, flowers 18-20mm across in ramose panicle |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | succulent perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring and late summer; detachment of rosettes |
| Synonyms | Sedum majus Garsault Sedum tectorum (L.) Scop. Sempervivum acuminatum Schott Sempervivum adoxum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum affine Lamotte Sempervivum alpinum Griseb. & Schenk Sempervivum ambiguum Lamotte Sempervivum ambiguum var. sabaudum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum andreanum Wale Sempervivum arvernense ssp. boutignyanum (Billot & Gren.) Nyman Sempervivum aureggi Correvon Sempervivum beugesiacum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum boissieri Baker Sempervivum boutignyanum Billot & Gren. Sempervivum boutignyanum var. adoxum (Jord. & Fourr.) Farrer Sempervivum boutignyanum var. jordanianum Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum boutignyanum var. pallescens (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum brachiatum Lamotte Sempervivum breviramum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum brevistylum Lamotte Sempervivum celsicaule Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum ciliatum Gilib. Sempervivum clusianum Ten. Sempervivum compactum Lamotte Sempervivum crassifolium Salisb. Sempervivum decoloratum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum fuscum Lehm. & Schnittsp. Sempervivum glaucum Ten. Sempervivum juratense Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum juratum G.Nicholson Sempervivum laetevirens Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum lamottei Boreau Sempervivum luxurians Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum maitrea Lamotte Sempervivum majus Neck. Sempervivum mettenianum Schnittsp. & C.B.Lehm. Sempervivum mettenianum var. lamottei (Boreau) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum mettenianum var. luxurians (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum mettenianum var. pallidum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum mettenianum var. rhodanicum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum mettenianum var. robustum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum mettenianum var. validum (Jord. & Gourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum minutum Bourg. ex Nyman Sempervivum montanum var. clusianum (Ten.) Ten. Sempervivum murale Boreau Sempervivum obovatum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum pallescens Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum pallidum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum praestable Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum pulverulentum Dulac Sempervivum purpurascens Schott ex Boiss. Sempervivum pyrenaicum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum requienii Vilm. Sempervivum rhenanum (Hegi & Em.Schmid) Lawalrée Sempervivum rhodanicum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum rigidum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum robustum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum royanum Correvon Sempervivum rupestre Rouy Sempervivum rupestre var. violascens (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum sabaudum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum saxosum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum schottii Baker Sempervivum seuseanum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum speciosum Lamotte Sempervivum spectabile C.B.Lehm. & Schnittsp. Sempervivum tectorum var. affine (Lamotte) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum var. albidum Regel Sempervivum tectorum ssp. alpinum (Griseb, & Schenk) Arcang. Sempervivum tectorum f. alpinum (Griseb. & Schenk) Bolzon Sempervivum tectorum var. alpinum (Griseb. & Schenk) Praeger Sempervivum tectorum var. andreanus (Vale) O.Bolós & Vigo Sempervivum tectorum var. barbulatum Regel Sempervivum tectorum var. beugesiacum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum ssp. boutignyanum (Billot & Gren.) H.Jacobsen Sempervivum tectorum var. brachiatum (Lamotte) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum var. brevirameum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum var. brevistylum (Lamotte) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum var. decoloratum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum ssp. decoloratum (Jord. & Fourr.) B.Bock Sempervivum tectorum var. diplogynum De Not. Sempervivum tectorum ssp. glaucum (Ten.) H.Jacobsen Sempervivum tectorum var. glaucum (Ten.) Regel Sempervivum tectorum var. juratense (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum var. mettenianum (Schnittsp. & C.B.Lehm.) Regel Sempervivum tectorum ssp. mettenianum (Schnittsp. & C.B.Lehm.) H.Jacobsen Sempervivum tectorum var. pilosum Fiori Sempervivum tectorum var. praestabile (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum var. rhenanum Hegi & Em.Schmid Sempervivum tectorum ssp. rupestre Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum var. seuseanum (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum var. speciosum Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum tectorum var. violascens (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Sempervivum trifurcum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum triste Baker Sempervivum vallidum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum venustum Jord. & Fourr. Sempervivum violascens Jord. & Fourr. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |