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Jovibarba
Also called Hen And Chickens, House Leeks, Houseleeks
Jovibarba is a small genus of three succulent rosette plants from mountains in southeastern Europe, closely related to Sempervivum (houseleeks). They are grown for their compact, drought-tolerant rosettes and are easy to propagate from offsets.
Jovibarba ("beard of Jupiter") is a small genus of three species of succulent flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, endemic to mountainous regions in the southeastern quadrant of Europe. The genus is sometimes classified as a subgenus of Sempervivum, to which it is closely related. Jovibarba have pale-greenish-yellow or yellow actinomorphic flowers with about six petals, while Sempervivum have generally pinkish flowers with around twice as many petals, which open more widely than jovibarba flowers. The common name hen and chicks is applied to some Jovibarba species (and also species in several other genera).
Most jovibarbas, like sempervivums, reproduce via offsets in addition to producing seeds via sexual reproduction. Jovibarba heuffelii does not produce offsets on stolons. Instead the offspring of this plant are produced within the mother plant.
Hen and chickens · Cobweb House Leek · Limestone Houseleek · Teneriffe Houseleek · Jovibarba globifera · Sempervivum pittonii · Common houseleek · Houseleek
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