Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

ID: 1062

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# spp.: 206 (from genus_families table) | 8 (from names table)

Accepted: Accepted

Family: Crassulaceae

Family ja: ベンケイソウ

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Distribution en: S. Texas to NW. Argentina

Description en: Genus of about 150 species of evergreen succulents and evergreen, occasionally deciduous subshrubs found in dry, often semi-desert areas in Texas, USA, Mexico, and from Central America to the Andes. The often spectacularly colourful leaves, usually in rosettes, are fleshy, alternate, and may be linear to cylindrical, spoon-shaped, or broadly triangular. The flowers have erect or spreading petal lobes, often slightly spreading at the tips or constricted at the mouths, and occasionally angled or keeled tubes. They are borne in racemes, cymes, or panicles, on long stalks from the leaf axils. In frost-prone areas, grow as houseplants or in a temperate greenhouse. Compact species may be used as annuals in carpet bedding. In warmer climates, plant outdoors in a border with other succulents.

Hardiness en: Frost tender.

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Propagation en: Sow seed at 16-19°C (61-66°F) as soon as ripe. Root stem or leaf cuttings in late spring, or separate offsets in spring.

Pests en: Prone to greenfly, vine weevil larvae, and mealybugs.

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Comment ja: 錦晃星(キンコウセイ)

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