MULTICAULIS Rose, 1905 engl./ fr.
Series Nudae
Type : Nelson and Goldman, near Omiltemi, Guerrero, Mexico, 1903. Rose 628, US 399650.
Etymology : Named for its many stems.
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero : Near Chilpancingo; Michoacán : Coalcoman).
First Description by Rose in Contributions from the US National Herbarium 8: 294. 1905 :
Caulescent, the stem roughened below, naked, crowned near the top by a rosette of obovate or spatulate leaves, the whole plant including flowering branches 20 cm high in cultivation but said to reach 90 to 120 cm high in the wild state.
Leaves 3 to 4 cm long, 12 to 20 mm broad at widest point, flattened, mucronately tipped, glabrous, the margin and face more or less brightly colored.
Flowering branches bright-colored, bearing scattered oblanceolate leaves.
Inflorescence a short compact equilateral raceme.
Flowers subtended by small bright-colored bracts, pedicels very short but distinct.
Calyx lobes narrow, acute, ascending, about one-half as long as the corolla.
Corolla buds acute, angled, corolla reddish without, yellowish within.
Cytology : n = 21
Plants in habitat, Guerrero, Mexico :
Plantes dans l'habitat, Guerrero, Mexique :
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Plants in cultivation :
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A stressed plant :
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Photos Santino Rischitelli
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A taller growing clone :
Un clone poussant plus en hauteur :
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Photos Margrit Bischofberger
Echeveria multicaulis 'Lipstick':
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E. multicaulis 'Lipstick' in stressed condition :
E. multicaulis 'Lipstick' en stress hydrique :
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E. multicaulis and E. multicaulis 'Lipstick' (in the pot) :
E. multicaulis et E. multicaulis 'Lipstick' (dans le pot) :
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E. multicaulis 'Lipstick' à gauche, E. multicaulis à droite.
Photos Noelene Tomlinson
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