Sempervivum montanum

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 0.75 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0.75.
Width: 1.25 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.25. to 1.75 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.75.
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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Read about Sempervivum montanum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sempervivum montanum, Linn. Barren rosette 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 in. diam., the few new rosettes on red pilose peduncles 1-1 1/2 in. long: lvs. closely packed, 60-80 to a rosette, oblanceolate-cuneate, cuspidate, green up to the tip, both surfaces slightly pilose, outer lvs. 3/4-1 x 1/3 in.; cauline lvs. densely imbricated, lanceolate, tinted with red-brown toward the tip; the lower 1-1 1/2 in. long; fl.-st. including infl. 3-6 in. high: fls. 12-14-merous, bright mauve-red, in a very dense panicle, which is 1 1/2-2 in. diam.; calyx very hairy, segms. lanceolate; petals 1/2 – 5/8 in. long, linear-acuminate. Alps and Pyrenees. Var. glaciale, Lagg. (S. Lehmannii, Schnittsp.). Lvs. linear-lingulate, base somewhat narrowed, apex bluntly pointed, upper surface weakly glandular-pubescent; cauline lvs. similar but shorter and brown-tipped: fls. dirty red-brown, 10-12-merous; calyx-segms. linear-lanceolate; petals linear. Switzerland. CH


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