Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria acutifolia Lindl. |
Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 28: t. 29 (1842) |
Native Range | s. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves in rosettes on apex of branchlets, rhombic, acute, adaxially convex, inflorescence short, narrow, erect cylindrical panicle, flowers terminal of 3-4, sepals acute |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | scarlet-yellow |
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 | Cotyledon acutifolia (Lindl.) Baker Cotyledon devensis N.E.Br. Echeveria calophana Lem. Echeveria devensis (N.E.Br.) M.L.Green Echeveria holwayi Rose |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) |