SEMPERVIVUM ssp. GLAUCOPHYLLA Eggli, 1987
Synonyms :
Rosularia spatulata hort. plur. angl. (s.a.)
Cotyledon pestalozzae var. glaberrima Bornmüller (1941) / Rosularia pestalozzae var. glaberrima (Bornmüller) Chamberlain & Muirhead (1972)
Distribution : Southern Turkey; on limestone, 1200 - 2200 m.
Description (according to U. Eggli in IHSP, 2003) :
Rosettes with a regularly to irregularly thickened taproots to several cm long, flattish, 3 - 6 cm in diameter, mostly with several short-stalked (<2 cm="" offsets="" p="">
Leaves oblong to broadly spatulate, 1.5 - 3 cm, bluish-glaucous, young farinose, always glabrous, apex rounded, margin distinctly denticulate or serrulate, whitish-horny.
Inflorescences lateral thyrses, drooping when young, to 25 cm, slender, often glandular-hairy and viscid.
Flowers 5-merous, 7 - 9 mm, glabrous or rarely glandular; petals pale pink, apically reflexed.
Cytology : 2n = 36
Sometimes intergrading with ssp. pestalozzae, but mostly easily distinguished on account of the bluish-glaucous flattish rosettes.