Echeveria elegans
Species of succulent
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Echeveria elegans, the Mexican snow ball, God's Throne, Mexican gem or white Mexican rose is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to semi-desert habitats in Mexico.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Echeveria |
| Species: | E. elegans |
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Description
Echeveria elegans is a succulent evergreen perennial that grows to a height of 5–10 cm (2–4 inches) and a width of 50 cm (20 inches). It features compact rosettes of pale green-blue, fleshy leaves and produces slender, 25 cm (10 inches) long pink stalks with pink flowers that have yellow tips, typically blooming in winter and spring.[3]
Cultivation
Echeveria elegans is cultivated as an ornamental plant for rock gardens planting, or as a potted plant. It thrives in subtropical climates, such as Southern California.
It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
Like others of its kind, it produces multiple offsets which can be separated from the parents in spring, and grown separately - hence the common name "hen and chicks", applied to several species within the genus Echeveria.[3]
Etymology
Echeveria is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana.[5]
Elegans means 'elegant' or 'graceful'.[5]
