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Echeveria acutifolia Lindl.  
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FamilyCRASSULACEAE
Genus speciesEcheveria acutifolia Lindl. 
BibliographyEdwards‘s Bot. Reg. 28: t. 29 (1842)
Native Ranges. Mexico
Primary BiomeSeasonally Dry Tropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionleaves in rosettes on apex of branchlets, rhombic, acute, adaxially convex, inflorescence short, narrow, erect cylindrical panicle, flowers terminal of 3-4, sepals acute
Size15-30cm
Colorscarlet-yellow
Bloomlate spring
Ca
Typesucculent subshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C
cuttings of rosettes in late summer
SynonymsCotyledon acutifolia (Lindl.) Baker
Cotyledon devensis N.E.Br.
Echeveria calophana Lem.
Echeveria devensis (N.E.Br.) M.L.Green
Echeveria holwayi Rose
Territory7 Northern America
     79 Mexico (MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast)
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