Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Lenophyllum acutifolium Rose |
Bibliography | Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 47: 162 (1904) |
Native Range | ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | leaves opposite, 6-8 pairs, thick, adaxially deeply canaliculate, acute, flowers scattered in interrupted spike, sessile in axils of minute bracts, sepals and petals acute |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | green-yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |