Difference between revisions of "Sempervivum tectorum"

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 3 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 4 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Width: 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 5 to 9
Flower features: blue, purple
Scientific Names

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Sempervivum tectorum


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Scientific Names

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Sempervivum tectorum (Common Houseleek[1]) is a perennial plant of the genus Sempervivum. It is used as an ornamental plantwp.


Read about Sempervivum tectorum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 
Sempervivum Tectorum 'Greenii'

Sempervivum tectorum, Linn. (S. robustum, Jord. & Fourr. S. purpurascens, Schott). Houseleek. Old-man-and-woman. Fig. 3602. Developed barren rosettes 3-4 in. diam., abundantly stoloniferous, the new rosettes crowded and sessile: lvs. 50-60 to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, cuspidate, 1 1/2 – 2 or finally 3 x 5/8-3/4 in., pale green, with a distinct red-brown tip; cauline lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acute: fl.-st. including infl. about 1 ft. high, densely pilose: fls. 11-15- mostly 12-merous, 3/4-l in. across, pale red, in a scorpioid, 10-12-branched panicle 5-6 x 3-4 in.; calyx densely pilose, segms. lanceolate; petals linear, keeled, the keel deeper red. Eu. and Orient. C.L.A. 25, March, p. 54.—Variable. Var. cupreum, Hort., is said to have large rosettes which are glaucous and rose-colored; it flowers rarely. Var. expansum, Hort., is said to have broader lvs. and more open rosettes than the type. Var. pyrenaicum, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. rubrum, Hort., has been grown in botanic gardens. Var. violaceum, Hort., has been grown in botanic gardens.


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