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Echeveria xichuensis

Echeveria xichuensis
Photo: Ma. Eugenia Mendiola González, CC BY-SA 4.0

Echeveria xichuensis is a small rosette succulent from Guanajuato, Mexico, with dark olive-green to purple-tinged leaves and salmon-pink flowers in spring. It is grown like other echeverias: bright light, sharp drainage and infrequent watering.

Family
Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Soak the soil thoroughly, then let it dry out completely before watering again; water less in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus or succulent mix with added perlite or pumice.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic. Not toxic to cats or dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Mexico (Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Echeveria xichuensis is a succulent species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, endemic to Xichú, Guanajuato, Mexico.

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 xichuensis 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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