Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria rosea Lindl. |
Bibliography | Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 28: t. 22 (1842) |
Native Range | Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves in rosette, carnose, oval, on base narrowly triquetrous, margins red, flowers in compact, cylindrical raceme, sepals linear, acute, rose, corolla campanulate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
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 |
Synonyms | Cotyledon roseata Baker Courantia echeverioides Lem. Courantia rosea (Lindl.) Lem. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) |