Echeveria colorata

Echeveria colorata,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, endemic to Mexico.

Echeveria colorata
E. colorata, Huntington Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria
Species:
E. colorata
Binomial name
Echeveria colorata
E.Walther
Close up of a rosette

Description

Echeveria colorata is an evergreen perennial succulent, with a rosette of fleshy leaves growing up to 40 centimetres (16 in) in diameter.[2]

Taxonomy

Synonym:

  • Echeveria lindsayana Walther 1972[3]

Forms:

  • Echeveria colorata f. brandtii

Cultivars:

  • Echeveria colorata 'Haage'
  • Echeveria colorata 'Mexican Giant'

Hybrids:

  • Echeveria 'Beatrice'
  • Echeveria 'Frank Reinelt'
  • Echeveria 'Laulindsa'
  • Echeveria 'Margaret Martin'
  • × Graptoveria 'Opalina'[2]

Cultivation

Echeveria colorata is cultivated as an ornamental plant for rock gardens and as a potted plant.

In cooler temperate regions, it must be kept indoors for the winter, as it does not tolerate temperatures of −4 °C (25 °F) and below.

Etymology

Echeveria is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana.[4]

Colorata means 'colored'.[4]

References
  1. "Echeveria colorata E.Walther". The Plant List. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. "Echeveria colorata". World of Succulents. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  3. "COLORATA fa COLORATA Walther, 1972 (engl./ fr.)". International Crassulaceae Network. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  4. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp. 115, 149
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