Sempervivum dolomiticum
A small, hairy-tipped houseleek endemic to the Dolomites of north-eastern Italy, where it grows on open alpine rock and stony grassland. It needs a cold, snowy winter and a cool, bright summer, so it does best outdoors in a trough or rock garden, not indoors.
Where it grows wild
Open alpine and subalpine rocks, screes and thin stony turf in the Dolomites, fully exposed to sun and wind, and covered by snow for much of the winter.
Few records carry an elevation; the species is generally reported from about 1,500 to 2,500 m.
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