| Family | CRASSULACEAE |
| Genus species | Rosularia alpestris (Kar. & Kir.) Boriss. |
| Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 9: 129 (1939) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to w. China and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1500-5000m |
| Description | rosette 1-3cm, leaves oblong-lanceolate, 15-25mm, acuminate, glabrous, stem leaves similar, flat, smaller, inflorescence corymbose, 2-20-flowered, flowers 6-8-merous, 6-9mm across |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | reddish, white, yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | succulent subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C detachment of rosettes in fall |
| Synonyms | Cotyledon alpestris (Kar. & Kir.) O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch. Jovibarba acuminata (Jacquem. ex Decne.) Kozhevn. Rhodiola durisii (Raym.-Hamet) S.H.Fu Rhodiola nuristanica (Kitam.) H.Jacobsen Rosularia kokanica (Regel & Schmalh.) Boriss. Rosularia umbilicoides (Regel) Boriss. Sedum acuminatum (DC.) Raym.-Hamet. Sedum durisii Raym.-Hamet Sedum kokanicum Regel & Schmalh. ex Regel Sedum moorcroftianum Wall. ex Edgew. Sedum nuristanicum Kitam. Sedum olgae Regel & Schmalh. ex Regel Sedum scaphiophyllum Werderm. Sedum schlagintweitii Fröd. Sedum umbilicoides Regel Sempervivella acuminata (DC.) A.Berger Sempervivella mucronata (Edgew.) A.Berger Sempervivella mucronata var. glabra Kitam. Sempervivum acuminatum Jacquem. ex Decne. Sempervivum fimbriatum Klotzsch Sempervivum himalayense Klotzsch Sempervivum mucronatum Edgew. Umbilicus alpestris Kar. & Kir. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |