| Echeveria derenbergii | |
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| E. derenbergii, Montreal Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Crassulaceae |
| Genus: | Echeveria |
| Species: | E. derenbergii |
| Binomial name | |
| Echeveria derenbergii J.A.Purpus | |
Echeveria derenbergii, the painted-lady, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, endemic to eastern Oaxaca in Mexico. [2]
Echeveria derenbergii is an evergreen perennial succulent, growing to 10 cm (4 in), with a dense basal rosette of pagoda-shaped, frosted, bristle-tipped, fleshy leaves. It bears racemes of bell-shaped yellow flowers with "painted" red tips in winter. [3]
Echeveria derenbergii is cultivated as an ornamental plant for rock gardens and as a potted plant. Like other species of Echeveria , it produces a colony of small offsets which can be separated from the parent plant.
In cooler temperate regions, it requires winter protection, as it does not tolerate temperatures below −7 °C (19 °F); but it may be placed outside in a sheltered spot during summer months. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [4]
Echeveria is named after Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana. [5]
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