Sempervivum ciliosum

Sempervivum ciliosum, the Teneriffe houseleek (colloquially referred to as 'hen-and-chicks') is a species of flowering plant in the succulent stonecrop family, Crassulaceae, native to the Balkans and Southeastern Europe. Despite a superficial resemblance, houseleeks are not closely related to the American cacti family. A colony-forming evergreen perennial plant, each individual rosette can grow to around 7.5 cm (3.0 in) high and wide, forming dense mats of up to 50 cm (20 in) wide. Houseleeks produce multiple baby plantlets ('chicks') from the sides of a mature 'mother' ('hen') plant, which are attached by an 'umbilical cord'-like appendage until they take root and become reliably self-sufficient. A plantlet's goal is to take root and spread the colony, either by breaking themselves off of the mother plant via flooding events, erosion or animal damage, or by simply taking root wherever they happen to be. The leaves are a teal-green colour, slightly pointed, succulent and slightly hai......read more on Wikipedia.