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Ornamental - Popular houseplant due to its attractive foliage and low-maintenance requirements. Can be grown outdoors in warm, dry climates, often used in rock gardens or as groundcover.
Mexico
Thrives in the desert or dry shrubland biome (hot, arid regions with more rainfall and vegetation than deserts) .
It is evergreen succulent forming attractive clumps under 15 cm tall. Grows in a low-growing mounding rosette form and readily produces offsets.
Stem is very short and creeping, often hidden beneath the rosette of leaves. May become slightly elongated as the plant matures.
Leaves are fleshy, oval-shaped, keeled, 2.5-5 cm long, 1-2 cm wide arranged in a tight rosette. Leaves are pale bluish-green with a hint of pink, red, or brown on the edges and tips, more prominent in winter.
Flowers are fairly large, urn-shaped, bi-colored flowers, 1-2 cm long on a slender, arching stalk up to 30 cm tall. They bloom in summer with yellow petals and red calyces.
Fruit is small follicle containing tiny seeds. Not a prominent feature of the plant.
Flowering: Late spring or summer.