Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sempervivum tectorum ly*. Sp. PI. 464. 1753
Flowering stems about 3 dm. high, the barren shoots forming lateral nearly globular tufts. Leaves oval or ovate, the lower 2.5-4 cm. long, thick, short-pointed, bordered by a line of stiff short hairs; cyme large, dense, the flowers sometimes 2.5 cm. broad, pink, sessile along its branches ; petals lanceolate, acute, 2 to 3 times as long as the obtuse ciliate
sepals.
Type locality : Europe.
Distribution : Massachusetts and New Jersey, escaped from cultivation. Native of continental Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, George Valentine Nash, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose, Per Axel Rydber. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
