Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria pilosa J.A.Purpus |
Bibliography | Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 27: 146 (1917) |
Native Range | c. & sw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | densely hirsute, leaves in lax rosette, oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, to 7cm. tapered to petiolate base, inflorescence racemosa or spicate, few-flowered |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | scarlet-orange |
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 (MXC Mexico Central, MXS Mexico Southwest) |