Echeveria pulvinata

Echeveria pulvinata, the plush plant, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Echeveria, native to southwest and central Mexico.[2] A succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3] Its variety Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha, under the synonym Echeveria leucotricha, the chenille plant, has also gained the Award of Garden Merit.[4]

Echeveria pulvinata
'Ruby' cultivar
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria
Species:
E. pulvinata
Binomial name
Echeveria pulvinata
Synonyms[2]
  • Cotyledon pulvinata Hook.f.
  • Echeveria leucotricha J.A.Purpus

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]

  • Echeveria pulvinata var. frigida Kimnach
  • Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha (J.A.Purpus) Kimnach
  • Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha
    Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha
  • Bloom
    Bloom
  • Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha habit
    Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha habit
  • Close-up of flowers
    Close-up of flowers
  • Close-up of stem
    Close-up of stem
  • Massed
    Massed

References
  1. Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 5 (1903)
  2. "Echeveria pulvinata Rose". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. "Echeveria pulvinata plush plant". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 17 February 2021. Other common names; … rosy hen-and-chicks
  4. "Echeveria leucotricha chenille plant". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 10 May 2021.


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