Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria harmsii J.F.Macbr. |
Bibliography | Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 22 (1931) |
Native Range | c. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | minutely pubescent, leaves broadly lanceolate to spathulate, acute, thick, abaxially carinate, 2-5cm long, inflorescence numerous, flowers 1-3, thinly pedicellate, corolla urceolate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | scarlet red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Cotyledon elegans (Rose) N.E.Br. Echeveria elegans (Rose) A.Berger Oliveranthus elegans (Rose) Rose Oliverella elegans Rose |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central) |