| Scientific Name: | Echeveria (spp. & hybrids) |
| Common Name: | hens and chicks |
| Family Name: | Crassulaceae |
| Origin: | Central America, Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant, Succulent or Cacti |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant, Rock garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Spiraled, Basal, Succulent, Glaucous, Lustrous, Ovate, Spatulate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Yellow, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal forming a rosette, succulent, usually glaucous (some are green and tinged red, other are pubescent); flowers on peduncles above foliage, cymose but may appear raceme- or panicle-like, five petals, commonly yellow, orange, and/ or red. | |