Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Thompsonella xochipalensis Gual & al. |
Bibliography | Acta Bot. Mex. 40: 38 (1997) |
Native Range | sw. Mexico (Guerrero) |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | rosettes on apex of branchlets, leaves dense, narrowly lanceolate to ensiform, 5cm, acute, glabrous, inflorescence spicate, flowers 6-8mm, sepals and petals farinose, glaucous |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | purple red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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 (MXS Mexico Southwest) |