Sempervivum arachnoideum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Crassulaceae
Subfamilia: Sempervivoideae
Tribus: Semperviveae
Genus: Sempervivum
Species: Sempervivum arachnoideum
Subspecies: S. a. subsp. arachnoideum – S. a. subsp. tomentosum
Name

Sempervivum arachnoideum L., Sp. Pl. 465 1753.
Hybrids

S. × barbulatum – S. × christii – S. × funckii – S. × giuseppii – S. × piliferum – S. × roseum – S. × wolfianum
References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 465.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Sempervivum arachnoideum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Sempervivum arachnoideum. Published online. Accessed: Dec 17 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Sempervivum arachnoideum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 17. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Sempervivum arachnoideum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sempervivum arachnoideum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Spinnweb-Hauswurz
English: cobweb houseleek
suomi: Seittimehitähti
français: Joubarbe à toile d'araignée
Nederlands: Spinnenwebhuislook

Sempervivum arachnoideum, the cobweb house-leek,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to European mountains, in the Alps, Apennines and Carpathians. Growing to 8 cm (3 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) wide, it is a rosette-forming succulent perennial, valued in cultivation for its ability to colonise hot, dry areas via offsets.[2]

The specific epithet arachnoideum refers to its furry central rosettes (long ciliate leaf margins), resembling spider webs.[3]

It flowers in July, with pink flowers that are raised on stems and are hermaphroditic (having both male and female organs).

This plant,[4] and the subspecies Sempervivum arachnoideum subsp. tomentosum,[5] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6]
References

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
"RHS Plant Selector - Sempervivum arachnoideum". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
"RHS Plantfinder - Sempervivum arachnoideum subsp. tomentosum". Retrieved 9 November 2018.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 96. Retrieved 9 November 2018.