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| name = ''Sempervivum tectorum''
|familia=Crassulaceae
| common_names = Hen and Chicks, Common Houseleek
|genus=Sempervivum
| growth_habit = herbaceous
|species=tectorum
| high = ?  <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|common_name=Hen and chickens, St Patrick's cabbage, Common Houseleek
| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|habit=herbaceous
| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|Min ht box=3
| lifespan = perennial
|Min ht metric=in
| exposure = ?  <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Max ht box=4
| water = ?   <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
|Max wd box=8
| bloom =    <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Max wd metric=in
| usda_zones = ?  <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| sunset_zones =    <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
|lifespan=perennial
| color = IndianRed
|exposure=sun
| image = CommonHouseleek.jpg
|features=flowers
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|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
| image_caption = Sempervivum tectorum
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| regnum = Plantae
|flowers=blue, purple
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
|Temp Metric=°F
| classis = Magnoliopsida
|min_zone=5
| ordo = Saxifragales
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| familia = Crassulaceae
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| genus = Sempervivum
|image=Sempervivum tectorum arvernense-2.JPG
| species = tectorum
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'''''Sempervivum tectorum''''' ('''Common Houseleek'''<ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SETE5 ''Sempervivum tectorum''] at [http://plants.usda.gov/ USDA PLANTS Database]</ref>) is a perennial plant of the genus ''[[Sempervivum]]''. It is used as an [[ornamental plant]]. It is also known as [[Hen and chicks]],<ref>http://landscaping.about.com/od/plantsforsunnydryareas/p/hens_and_chicks.htm</ref> although that name is shared with a variety of related species. It has Leaves in a basal rosette, they are succulent and can be green, red, purple or yellow. The leaves are evergreen.
 
The flowers can be purple,red or pink depending on the cultivar. They appear on branched stalks.
 
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[[Image:Sempervivum Tectorum Greenii, Huntington.jpg|thumb|left|Sempervivum Tectorum 'Greenii']]
Sempervivum tectorum, Linn. (S. robustum, Jord. & Fourr. S. purpurascens, Schott). Houseleek. Old-man-and-woman. Fig. 3602. Developed barren rosettes 3-4 in. diam., abundantly stoloniferous, the new rosettes crowded and sessile: lvs. 50-60 to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, cuspidate, 1 1/2 – 2 or finally 3 x 5/8-3/4 in., pale green, with a distinct red-brown tip; cauline lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acute: fl.-st. including infl. about 1 ft. high, densely pilose: fls. 11-15- mostly 12-merous, 3/4-l in. across, pale red, in a scorpioid, 10-12-branched panicle 5-6 x 3-4 in.; calyx densely pilose, segms. lanceolate; petals linear, keeled, the keel deeper red. Eu. and Orient. C.L.A. 25, March, p. 54.—Variable. Var. cupreum, Hort., is said to have large rosettes which are glaucous and rose-colored; it flowers rarely. Var. expansum, Hort., is said to have broader lvs. and more open rosettes than the type. Var. pyrenaicum, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. rubrum, Hort., has been grown in botanic gardens. Var. violaceum, Hort., has been grown in botanic gardens.
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'''''Sempervivum tectorum''''' ('''Common Houseleek'''<ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SETE5 ''Sempervivum tectorum''] at [http://plants.usda.gov/ USDA PLANTS Database]</ref>) is a perennial plant of the genus ''[[Sempervivum]]''. It is used as an [[ornamental plant]]{{wp}}.


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File:Sempervivum tectorum 3.jpg| photo 1
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File:Sempervivum tectorum abl1.JPG| photo 2
Image:Sempervivum Tectorum Greenii, Huntington.jpg| Sempervivum Tectorum 'Greenii'
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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Latest revision as of 19:25, 27 May 2010

 Sempervivum tectorum subsp. var.  Hen and chickens, St Patrick's cabbage, Common Houseleek
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Sempervivum tectorum (Common Houseleek[1]) is a perennial plant of the genus Sempervivum. It is used as an ornamental plant. It is also known as Hen and chicks,[2] although that name is shared with a variety of related species. It has Leaves in a basal rosette, they are succulent and can be green, red, purple or yellow. The leaves are evergreen.

The flowers can be purple,red or pink depending on the cultivar. They appear on branched stalks.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Sempervivum Tectorum 'Greenii'

Sempervivum tectorum, Linn. (S. robustum, Jord. & Fourr. S. purpurascens, Schott). Houseleek. Old-man-and-woman. Fig. 3602. Developed barren rosettes 3-4 in. diam., abundantly stoloniferous, the new rosettes crowded and sessile: lvs. 50-60 to a rosette, obovate-cuneate, cuspidate, 1 1/2 – 2 or finally 3 x 5/8-3/4 in., pale green, with a distinct red-brown tip; cauline lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acute: fl.-st. including infl. about 1 ft. high, densely pilose: fls. 11-15- mostly 12-merous, 3/4-l in. across, pale red, in a scorpioid, 10-12-branched panicle 5-6 x 3-4 in.; calyx densely pilose, segms. lanceolate; petals linear, keeled, the keel deeper red. Eu. and Orient. C.L.A. 25, March, p. 54.—Variable. Var. cupreum, Hort., is said to have large rosettes which are glaucous and rose-colored; it flowers rarely. Var. expansum, Hort., is said to have broader lvs. and more open rosettes than the type. Var. pyrenaicum, Hort., is offered in the trade. Var. rubrum, Hort., has been grown in botanic gardens. Var. violaceum, Hort., has been grown in botanic gardens.


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