Echeveria setosa
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| Echeveria setosa | |
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| Echeveria setosa var. ciliata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Echeveria |
| Species: | E. setosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Echeveria setosa | |
Echeveria setosa, the Mexican fire cracker, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to semi-desert areas of Mexico and common throughout Puebla.[1]
Echeveria setosa is an evergreen succulent growing to 4 cm (2 in) high by 30 cm (12 in) wide, with spherical rosettes of fleshy spoon-shaped leaves covered in white hairs. These white hairs, known as glochids, can cause irritation to the skin if touched. In spring it bears 30 cm (12 in) long stalks of red flowers with yellow tips.[2][3]
Taxonomy
- Echeveria setosa var. ciliata (Moran) Moran 1993
- Echeveria setosa var. deminuta J. Meyrán 1989
- Echeveria setosa var. minor Moran 1993
- Echeveria setosa var. oteroi Moran 1993
- Echeveria setosa var. setosa[4]
