OSSETIENSE Wale, 1942
Section Sempervivum
Distribution : Georgia (Caucasus : Ossetia); on limestone, ± 1520 m; known from the type only.
Description (according to 't Hart, Bleij & Zonneveld in IHSP, 2003) :
Rosettes few-leaved, thick, almost globular, to 3 cm in diameter, stolons stout, to 20 cm.
Leaves oblanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, pubescent, green, with a small brown tip, ± 14 x 6 mm, ± 4 mm thick.
Flowering branches to 9.5 cm.
Inflorescences few-flowered.
Flowers 10-merous, ± 2.5 cm in diameter, sepals upturned, with a dark tip, petals with a median band of purple and pink margins, filaments purplish-red, anthers spotted red, with a small mucro on the tip, fruit follicles red.
Flowering time : April.