Echeveria lilacina | |
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Echeveria lilacina at the botanical garden of Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini, Genova Pegli | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Crassulaceae |
Genus: | Echeveria |
Species: | E. lilacina
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Binomial name | |
Echeveria lilacina Kimn. & Moran
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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.
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]
This species is native to Nuevo Leon, in northern Mexico.[ citation needed]
Echeveria lilacina grows on rocky areas at quite high elevations.[ citation needed]
Echeveria lilacina is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use in gardens, and as a potted plant. [1]
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]