Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Pachyphytum kimnachii Moran |
Bibliography | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 39: 205 (1967) |
Native Range | ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1700-1800m |
Description | rosettes 15-20cm, leaves elliptic-oblong, 5-10cm, thick, grey pruinose, inflorescence 12-28-flowered, sepals unequal, corolla pentagonal, 12-16mm, petals triangular, acute |
Size | 20-45cm |
Color | white, pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |