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Echeveria elegans Rose
N. Amer. Fl. 22: 22 1905
Family: CRASSULACEAE

Echeveria elegans Photo by: Carolina González

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echeveria elegans Rose
N. Amer. Fl. 22: 22 1905
Synonymy: 7 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echeveria elegans var. simulans (Rose) Poelln.
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 39: 239 1936
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Mexican snowball, Mexican Snow Ball, Chicken and Hens, Hens and Chicks, Mexican Gem, White Mexican Rose, Pearl Echeveria
CHINESE (中文): 月影
PERSIAN (فارسی): اچوریا الگانس
RUSSIAN (Русский): Эчеве́рия изя́щная
SPANISH (Español): Echeveria, Echeverio, Rosa de Alabastro, Concha (Mexico)

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echeveria elegans group

  • Echeveria albicans E.Walther: leaves broad, thick and turgid, thickest just below apex, 3—5 cm long, 15—25 mm wide, pale-olive to glaucous pruinose, margins somewhat pellucid. Distribution: Mexico without definite locality
  • Echeveria elegans Rose: has stemless symmetrical rosettes of neat, bluish-white, fleshy leaves close to the ground; some look like alabaster roses. Distribution: Central Mexico (Hidalgo State).
  • Echeveria elegans var. simulans (Rose) Poelln.

27699 carolina Carolina González
Echeveria elegans Photo by: Carolina González
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Echeveria elegans Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano

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Echeveria elegans Photo by: Giuseppe Distefano
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