Echeveria setosa

Echeveria setosa, the Mexican fire cracker, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to semi-desert areas of Mexico and common throughout Puebla.[1]

Echeveria setosa
Echeveria setosa var. ciliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria
Species:
E. setosa
Binomial name
Echeveria setosa
Rose & Purpus

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. These white hairs, known as glochids, can cause irritation to the skin if touched. In spring it bears 30 cm (12 in) long stalks of red flowers with yellow tips.[2][3]

Taxonomy
  • Echeveria setosa var. ciliata (Moran) Moran 1993
  • Echeveria setosa var. deminuta J. Meyrán 1989
  • Echeveria setosa var. minor Moran 1993
  • Echeveria setosa var. oteroi Moran 1993
  • Echeveria setosa var. setosa[4]

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.[5]

Etymology

Echeveria is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana.[6]

Setosa means 'covered with stiff, bristly hairs'.[6]

References
  1. "ECHEVERIA SETOSA". Archived from the original on 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. "Echeveria setosa". Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  3. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  4. "Echeveria setosa". tropicos. Missouri Botanical Gardens.
  5. "RHS Plant Selector - Echeveria setosa". Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  6. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp. 149, 351



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