Scientific Name: Echeveria (sp. & 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); florets on peduncles above foliage, cymose but may appear raceme- or panicle-like, five petals, commonly yellow, orange, and/ or red.