Sempervivum

DOLOMITICUM

Described in Zeitschr. Ferdinand. Tirol ser. 3, 5, 56 (1855). A rare species under cultivation although described so long ago. In the wild found only very local in the eastern Alps growing on rocks rich in lime. Rosettes are semi-open, subglobular, 2 to 4 cm in diameter; somewhat similar to some small forms of S. montanum but differing by the denser and more pointed, upright leaves. The rosette leaves are strongly ciliate, bright green with the outside of the older leaves suffused scarlet. Offsets are numerous on slender stolons. Flowers are a deep reddish-pink and borne on thin stems bearing a few leaves. Not a very easy species to grow and resents our winter damp. 


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