S. ballsii - in general

S. ballsii was first described by Wale.

The plant was collected by E.K. Balls in 1937 and described in the Kew Bulletin in 1940.

Habitat:
The type plant is the form collected from the Greek Epirus. Mount Tschumba Petzi, Grammos range. In 1937 plants were also found in three other localities in north-west Greece.

Description of the type form: Rosettes quite densely-leaved, about 3 cm in diameter, sub-globular, inner leaves closed with the outer leaves more open and erect, glabrous at maturity except for a few marginal cilia. The rosette-colouring is a uniform green with a bronze to red tinge on the outer leaves. The new offsets are produced on short, stout stems. The flowers are dull pink, filaments crimson.

This specie is easy to grow but will not easily make new rosettes.

S. ballsii is now to be found in Northern Greece and Southern Albania.