Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Graptopetalum amethystinum (Rose) E.Walther |
Bibliography | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 3: 12 (1931) |
Native Range | Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | leaves in lax rosette, very thick, flattened, oblanceolate, obtuse or obscurely acute, ca. 4cm, glaucous-blue, inflorescence racemose, bracts caducous, corolla 15 mm |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
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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 | Echeveria amethystina (Rose) Poelln. Pachyphytum amethystinum Rose |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |