Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Baby Echeveria, Painted Lady
Description
Family Crassulaceae
Herbs, subshrubs
, or shrubs
. Stems mostly fleshy
. Leaves alternate, opposite, or verticillate
, usually simple
; stipules absent; leaf blade
entire or slightly incised, rarely lobed
or imparipinnate
. Inflorescences terminal
or axillary
, cymose
, corymbiform
, spiculate
, racemose, paniculate
, or sometimes reduced to a solitary flower. Flowers usually bisexual
, sometimes unisexual
in Rhodiola (when plants
dioecious or rarely gynodioecious
), actinomorphic
, (3 or) 4-6(-30) -merous. Sepals almost free
or basally connate
, persistent
. Petals free or connate. Stamens as many as petals in 1 series or 2 × as many in 2 series. Nectar scales
at or near base
of carpels. Follicles sometimes fewer than sepals, free or basally connate, erect
or spreading
, membranous or leathery, 1- to many seeded. Seeds small; endosperm scanty or not developed.
About 35 genera and over 1500 species: Africa, America, Asia, Europe; 13 genera (two endemic, one introduced
) and 233 species (129 endemic, one introduced) in China.
Some species of Crassulaceae are cultivated as ornamentals
and/or used medicinally.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: yellow
Size/Age/Growth
Size: under 6" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 12-15" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 4.5 • Maximum pH: .1
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Saxifraganae
()
- Reveal, 1994
- Order:
Saxifragales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Crassulaceae
()
- J. St.-Hil., 1805
- orpins, stonecrops
- Subfamily:
Sedoideae
()
- Tribe:
Echeverieae
()
- Genus:
Echeveria
()
- A.P. de Candolle, 1828
- Specific epithet:
derenbergii
- J.A.Purpus
- Botanical name: - Echeveria derenbergii J.A.Purpus
- Specific epithet:
derenbergii
- J.A.Purpus
- Genus:
Echeveria
(
- Tribe:
Echeverieae
(
- Subfamily:
Sedoideae
(
- Family:
Crassulaceae
(
- Order:
Saxifragales
(
- Superorder:
Saxifraganae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Echeveria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 112 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
E. affinis (Echeveria) · E. agavoides (Lipstick Echeveria) · E. agavoides x lindsayana (Echeveria) · E. agavoides 'Ebony' (Echeveria) · E. agavoides 'Maria' (Echeveria) · E. albicans (Whitening Echeveria) · E. amoena (Echeveria) · E. atropurpurea (Echeveria) · E. candelabrum (Candleholder Liveforever) · E. carnicolor (Echeveria) · E. chihuahuaensis (Echeveria) · E. clavifolia (Pachyveria) · E. coccinea (Echeveria) · E. colorata (Echeveria) · E. colorata var. brandtii (Echeveria) · E. derenbergensis (Echeveria) · E. derenbergii (Baby Echeveria) · E. difractens (Echeveria) · E. elatior (Echeveria) · E. elegans (Hen and Chicks) · E. fasciculata (Echeveria) · E. gibbiflora (Echeveria) · E. gibbiflora var. carunculata (Echeveria) · E. gigantea (Echeveria) · E. glauca (Blue Echeveria) · E. glauca 'Variant' (Blue Echeveria) · E. harmsii (Echeveria) · E. hassei (Hasse's Liveforever) · E. imbricata (Echeveria) · E. lauii (Echeveria) · E. leucotricha (Chenille Plant) · E. lilacina (Echeveria) · E. lindsayana (Echeveria) · E. minima (Echeveria) · E. moranii (Echeveria) · E. mucronata (Echeveria) · E. nodulosa (Echeveria) · E. obtusifolia (Echeveria) · E. pallida (Echeveria) · E. paniculata (Echeveria) · E. paraguayense (Pachyveria) · E. peacockii (Peacock Echeveria) · E. potosina (Echeveria) · E. prolifica (Echeveria) · E. pulidonis (Echeveria) · E. pulvinata (Echeveria) · E. pulvinata 'Ruby Blush' (Echeveria) · E. pumila (Echeveria) · E. purpusorum (Echeveria) · E. rubromarginata (Echeveria) · E. runyonii var. Tupsy Turvey (Hen And Chicks) · E. runyonii 'Topsy Turvy' (Echeveria) · E. schaffneri (Echeveria) · E. secunda (Echeveria) · E. setosa (Echeveria) · E. shaviana (Echeveria) · E. shaviana 'Blue Giant' (Echeveria) · E. skinneri (Echeveria) · E. strictiflora (Desert Savior) · E. subalpina (Echeveria) · E. subrigida (Echeveria) · E. subsessilis (Echeveria) · E. tenuifolia (Echeveria) · E. tolimanensis (Echeveria) · E. tomentosa (Adamson's Grunter) · E. walpoleana (Echeveria) · E. x imbricata (Hens And Chicks) · E. x sayulensis (Echeveria) · E. 'Afterglow' (Echeveria) · E. 'Amethorum' (Graptoveria) · E. 'Arlie Wright' (Hybrid Echeveria) · E. 'Barbillion' (Euphorbia) · E. 'Black Knight' (Echeveria) · E. 'Black Prince' (Black Prince Echeveria) · E. 'Blondie' (Echeveria) · E. 'Bluebird' (Echeveria) · E. 'Blue Bedder' (Blue Bedder Echeveria) · E. 'Blue Curls' (Echeveria) · E. 'Boston Frills' (Echeveria) · E. 'Cameo' (Echeveria) · E. 'Carlsbad' (Echeveria) · E. 'Chocolate' (Echeveria) · E. 'Crinkle' (Echeveria) · E. 'Crinoline' (Echeveria) · E. 'Curly Locks' (Echeveria) · E. 'Dick Wright' (Echeveria) · E. 'Dondo' (Echeveria) · E. 'Doris Taylor' (Woolly Rose) · E. 'Gypsy' (Echeveria) · E. 'Harry Butterfield' (Echeveria) · E. 'Kirchneriana' (Echeveria) · E. 'Lindel Bedder' (Echeveria) · E. 'Lola' (Echeveria) · E. 'Mahogany' (Echeveria) · E. 'Mary' (Echeveria) · E. 'Meridian' (Echeveria) · E. 'Morning Light' (Echeveria) · E. 'Paul Bunyan' (Echeveria) · E. 'Perle Von Nurnberg' (Echeveria) · E. 'Pink Curly' (Echeveria)
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Further Reading
- Fu Shu-hsia & Fu Kun-tsun. 1984. Crassulaceae. In: Fu Shu-hsia & Fu Kun-tsun, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 34(1): 31-220.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8462737
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15397409
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273828-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 86926-2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 645778
Footnotes
- Kunjun Fu, Hideaki Ohba & Michael G. Gilbert "Crassulaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 202. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
