Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria viridissima E.Walther |
Bibliography | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 31: 22 (1959) |
Native Range | sw. Mexico (Oaxaca) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | glabrous, leaves in rosette, obovate to cuneate, shortly mucronate, flat, to 10cm, inflorescence subspicate, bracts numerous, broadly ovate, corolla to 16mm |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | red-yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXS Mexico Southwest) |