Echeveria pulvinata
| Echeveria pulvinata | |
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| 'Ruby' cultivar | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Echeveria |
| Species: | E. pulvinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Echeveria pulvinata | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Echeveria pulvinata, the plush plant, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Echeveria, native to southwest and central Mexico.[2] A succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3] Its variety Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha, under the synonym Echeveria leucotricha, the chenille plant, has also gained the Award of Garden Merit.[4]
Subtaxa
The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]
- Echeveria pulvinata var. frigida Kimnach
- Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha (J.A.Purpus) Kimnach
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Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha -
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Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha habit -
Close-up of flowers -
Close-up of stem -
Massed
References
- ^ Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 5 (1903)
- ^ a b c "Echeveria pulvinata Rose". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Echeveria pulvinata plush plant". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
Other common names; … rosy hen-and-chicks
- ^ "Echeveria leucotricha chenille plant". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 10 May 2021.