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
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Crassulaceae
Genus:	Echeveria
Species:	E. pulvinata
Binomial name
Echeveria pulvinata Rose[1]
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

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  Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha
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  Bloom
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  Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha habit
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  Close-up of flowers
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  Close-up of stem
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  Massed