Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Sedum stelliforme S.Watson sect. Mexicali |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 365 (1885) |
Native Range | s. Colorado to Arizona and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 300-3000m |
Description | glabrous, leaves alternate, sessile, blue-green, linear-oblanceolate, cylindrical, broadly calcarate, obtuse, flowers in compact ramose cyme, petals 5-6, acute, 4-7mm |
Size | 1-7cm |
Color | purplish white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Sedum topsentii Raym.-Hamet |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |