Sempervivum pittonii

Sempervivum pittonii
	Close-up of flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Crassulaceae
Genus:	Sempervivum
Species:	S. pittonii
Binomial name
	Sempervivum pittonii; Schott, Nyman & Kotschy

Sempervivum pittonii, called the Pittoni houseleek, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Sempervivum, native to the eastern Alps of Austria.^[2] A perennial, cold hardy, rosette-forming succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3]

Rosette in the wild in Styria
Budding inflorescences in the wild
A specimen showing scale
A variety with white flowers

References[]

^ Analect. Bot.: 19 (1854)
^ "Sempervivum pittonii Schott, Nyman & Kotschy". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Sempervivum pittonii Pittoni houseleek". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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[1] Analect. Bot.: 19 (1854)

[276595-1-2] "Sempervivum pittonii Schott, Nyman & Kotschy". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

[3] "Sempervivum pittonii Pittoni houseleek". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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