Sempervivum armenum Boiss. & E.Huet

PLANTS OF THE CAUCASUS (GEORGIA)
CRASSULACEAE
Sempervivum armenum Boiss. & Huet
det. N. Lachashvili
The Republic of Georgia. Tbilisi. Environs of lake Kus-tba,
ca. 150m S of the lake, ca. 41°41'56 N, 44°45'17 E, ca. 755
m. (coordinates from hand-held GPS). Rocks. Plant cover ca.
25%. Petrorhagia saxifraga, Fumana procumbens, Teucrium
nuchense, Alyssum tortuosum.
Rosette-forming perennial with a rootstock. Leaves ovate-
lanceolate to spathulate. Calyx lobes lanceolate, acute. Petals
pale yellow or greenish, purplish towards the base; filaments
pale lavender; scales erect, subquadrate.
Nikoloz Lachashvili 165	11 June 2005
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
in Collaboration with
N. Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences
04113000