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Chenilleplant

Echeveria pulvinata

Also called Plushplant, Rosy Hens And Chicks, Chenille Plush Plant

Chenilleplant
Photo: Jean-Michel Moullec, CC BY 2.0

Echeveria pulvinata is a small, fuzzy-leaved succulent from southern Mexico, prized for its felt-like silver leaves and red-tipped rosettes. Give it bright light, a gritty fast-draining mix and water only when the soil is fully dry.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Water deeply only when the soil is completely dry, and let excess drain away; less in winter.
Soil
Cactus or succulent mix with added perlite or pumice for fast drainage.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not toxic to cats or dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Echeveria pulvinata, the plush plant, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Echeveria, native to southwest and central Mexico. A succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Its variety Echeveria pulvinata var. leucotricha, under the synonym Echeveria leucotricha, the chenille plant, has also gained the Award of Garden Merit.

Other Echeveria plants

Molded Wax · Baby Echeveria · Echeveria atropurpurea · Echeveria cante · Coral Echeveria · Echeveria chihuahuaensis · Mexican Giant · Painted Lady · Echeveria desmetiana · Mexican Snowball · Echeveria gibbiflora · Echeveria halbingeri

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echeveria pulvinata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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