Echeveria lilacina

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Echeveria lilacina
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Echeveria lilacina at the botanical garden of Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini, Genova Pegli
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria
Species:
E. lilacina
Binomial name
Echeveria lilacina
Kimn. & Moran

Echeveria lilacina, common name ghost echeveria or Mexican hens and chicks, is a species of succulent plants in the genus Echeveria belonging to the family Crassulaceae.

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Description

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Flowers of Echeveria lilacina

Echeveria lilacina can reach a height of about 15 cm. The leaves are silvery-grey, spoon shaped, fleshy and arranged in a symmetrical rosette of 12–25 cm of diameter. This species is slow growing and drought-tolerant. Flowers are pale pink or coral-colored. They emerge on small short arching racemes on the top of reddish stems of about 15 cm. Flowering period extends from later winter to early spring.[ citation needed ]

Distribution

This species is native to Nuevo Leon, in northern Mexico.[ citation needed ]

Habitat

Echeveria lilacina grows on rocky areas at quite high elevations.[ citation needed ]

Cultivation

Echeveria lilacina is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use in gardens, and as a potted plant. [1]

Etymology

The genus name Echeveria was given in honor of the 18th century Mexican botanist and painter Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, famous for his paintings of plants, many of which were included in Flora Mexicana. [2]

lilacina means 'lilac-colored'. [2]

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References

  1. San Marco Growers treatment: Echeveria lilacina
  2. 1 2 Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN   9780521685535 (paperback). pp. 149, 237