Rank Species | Genus Echeveria Higher classification Echeveria | |
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Similar Echeveria, Crassulaceae, Echeveria agavoides, Echeveria elegans, Echeveria lilacina | ||
Echeveria setosa, the Mexican fire cracker, is a species of flowering plant in the Crassulaceae family, native to semi-desert areas of Mexico and common throughout Puebla.
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Description
Echeveria setosa is an evergreen succulent growing to 4 cm (2 in) high by 30 cm (12 in) wide, with spherical rosettes of fleshy spoon-shaped leaves covered in white hairs. In spring it bears 30 cm (12 in) long stalks of red flowers with yellow tips.
Cultivation
Echeveria setosa is cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is grown outside in subtropical climates, such as Southern California. As it requires a minimum temperature of 7 °C (45 °F), it must be grown under glass with heat in colder temperate regions. It can be placed outside during the summer months. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
