Species · genus Echeveria · Crassulaceae

Chenilleplant

Echeveria pulvinata Rose

Also known as: Plushplant · Rosy Hens-and-chicks · Chenille Plush Plant

Growth habit

succulent subshrub

Native range

Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest

Reference · E. pulvinata

Cultivars of E. pulvinata

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No named cultivars catalogued under E. pulvinata yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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A succulent subshrub from the arid highlands of central and southwestern Mexico, with plump, fuzzy leaves that store water against drought. It wants bright light and gritty, fast-draining mix, and rots if left sitting wet. Water deeply but infrequently, only once the soil has dried fully through the pot — when the lower leaves feel slightly soft is a safe cue to water.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

10–27 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Stem or leaf cuttings, callused then rooted in dry mix

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed once or twice in spring and summer

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Orange-red bells in winter; fuzzy leaves prefer to stay dry

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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