Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Echeveria steyermarkii Standl. |
Bibliography | Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 160 (1944) |
Native Range | se. Mexico to Guatemala |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1200-3700m |
Description | glabrous, leaves crowded in rosette, oblong-obovate, entire, rounded or acute, raceme secund, bracts to 2cm, appresed, linear, corolla to 1cm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | red-yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXT Mexico Southeast) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (GUA Guatemala) |