IRANICUM Bornmüller & Gauba, 1940
Section Sempervivum
Distribution : N Iran.
Description (according to 't Hart, Bleij & Zonneveld in IHSP, 2003) :
Rosettes 3 - 7 cm in diameter.
Stolons short.
Leaves oblong, outer leaves acute, inner leaves shortly cuspidate, minutely glandular-pubescent, margins entire, glaucous green, 25 - 30 x 10 - 15 mm.
Flowering branches 10 - 20 cm, succulent, densely leafy, cauline leaves oblong, shortly acuminate, somewhat longer and wider than in the rosettes but otherwise similar.
Inflorescences compact, 3- to 6- flowered corymbs.
Flowers 12- to 14- merous, 2 - 5 cm in diameter, sepals yellowish-green, ± 6 mm, petals carinate, white with pink stripes on the keel, ± 14 x 2 mm, anthers dark purple, styles abruptly recurved.
See also :
- Alan Smith, The Genus Sempervivum and Jovibarba, 1980
- Sempervivum in Iran English version / Italian version