Echeveria minima

Echeveria minima, the miniature echeveria, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to northeast Mexico.[2] It has small, blue-green rosettes with pink edges growing in clusters, and produces yellow bell-shaped flowers in the spring. A succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

Echeveria minima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria
Species:
E. minima
Binomial name
Echeveria minima
J.Meyrán[1]

Description

Echevarria minima has small, blue-green rosettes with the edges of the leaves in pink. It produces yellow bell-shaped flowers from a spike in the spring. It is not cold-hardy, so it will not tolerate temperatures below 20°F (-6.7°C), and is winter dormant, meaning it stops growing in winter. E. minima will produce small offsets, sprouting up around the base of the original plant, which means it will inevitably grow into clusters. Those offsets that have grown roots can be divided from the parent to make new individuals.

References
  1. Cact. Suc. Mex. 13: 47 (1968)
  2. "Echeveria minima J.Meyrán". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. "Echeveria minima miniature echeveria". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 16 February 2021.


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