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Echeveria
Echeveria
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Desert
Range
Central America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Common

About

A rosette-forming succulent native to Mexico and Central America, prized for its symmetrical, water-storing leaves arranged in perfect spirals. Remarkably, a single dropped leaf can root itself and grow into an entirely new plant.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Crassulaceae
Genus
Echeveria