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Sempervivum pittonii, the Pittoni houseleek, is a cold hardy, rosette-forming succulent perennial native to the eastern Alps of Austria. It grows best in sharply drained soil and full sun, and it tolerates cold well.
Sempervivum pittonii, called the Pittoni houseleek, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Sempervivum, native to the eastern Alps of Austria. It is a local endemic of two mountains in Styria, where it occurs exclusively on serpentine rock. A perennial, cold hardy, rosette-forming succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sempervivum pittonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
