Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Dudleya gigantea Rose |
Bibliography | Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 23 (1903) |
Native Range | c. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 300-600m |
Description | leaves in rosette, grey-blue, oblong-oblanceolate, 5-17mm, acute to acuminate, farinose, cincinni 5-20-flowered, petals 9-10mm |
Size | 15-45cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | - |
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 |
Synonyms | Dudleya cymosa ssp. gigantea (Rose) Moran Echeveria amadorana (Rose) A.Berger |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |