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A compact growing species, I first bought it from Cyril Brown in Hornchurch in 1981 (20p) when it was called S.cantabricum.
Since then the name has been corrected and the plant shown is the same species but not the same (1981) plant. Plants of the World online says: "The native range of this species is NW. & N. Central Spain. It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome." Alan Smith says: "This species was described by Huber, Feddes Repert. 33:364 (1934). Information was taken from a specimen plant growing in the garden of Sundermann at Lindau which had been collected on Picos de Europa, north Spain by Haag in 1910. In 1934 Dr. P. L. Giuseppi found this species growing on Picos de Europa, ths plant being indistinguishable in rosette and flower from Sundermann's specimen apart from a tendency of the outer rosette leaves to assume a reddish colour on full exposure to sun. This is a very fine species, reasonably easy to grow, apt to suffer from winter wet but soon makes a good recovery in spring." |
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