TRASKIAE (Rose) Moran, 1943
Synonyms :
Stylophyllum traskiae Rose (1903) / Cotyledon traskiae (Rose) Fedde (1904) / Echeveria traskiae (Rose) A.Berger (1930)
Subgenus Stylophyllum
Distribution : USA (California : Santa Barbara Island); steep slopes, to 110 m, endangered.
Description (according to J. Thiede in IHSP, 2003):
Stems erect, short, 1 – 2 (-3) cm in diameter.
Rosettes 10 – 20 cm in diameter, with 25 – 35 leaves, branched and cushion-forming, sometimes with 20 to > 100 rosettes together.
Leaves densely arranged, oblong-oblanceolate, apically acutely pointed to weakly attenuate-pointed, 4 – 15 x 1 – 4 cm, at least young glaucous.
Inflorescence : Scape 20 – 30 cm, inflorescence 20 – 30 cm, ± flat-topped, with ± 3 not or up to 2x branched scorpioid branches, these 4 – 10 cm, with 7 – 15 flowers, pedicels usually 1 – 4 mm.
Flowers : Calyx 4 – 5 mm, sepals triangular to triangular-ovate, acute, 2.5 – 4 mm, petals narrowly ovate, basally almost erect, apically recurved, acute, 8 – 10.5 x 3 – 4 mm, bright yellow, becoming somewhat red-veined, tube 1 – 2 mm.
Cytology : n = 34