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Echeveria halbingeri

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Echeveria halbingeri
Echeveria halbingeri flowers
Echeveria halbingeri plants
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria
Species:
E. halbingeri
Binomial name
Echeveria halbingeri
E. Walther

Echeveria halbingeri is a succulent perennial herb in the family Crassulaceae, native to a small part of the central Mexican highlands.

Description

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Despite its small distribution area, Echeveria hyalina is a favorite of many growers of succulent plants. Often it is sold commercially under the name of Mexican Snowball.[1] Plant growers especially appreciate its small size and its coloring; its leaves are covered in a sort of delicately opaque, gray-greenish hue tinged with pink-purplish along the edges.[2]

Habitat

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In the wild, Echeveria halbingeri occurs on rocky slopes in poor soil, and on and around rocks.[3]

Distribution

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Echeveria hyalina is known to occur naturally only in the central highland mountains of the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Querétaro and Veracruz.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Echeveria halbingeri - Mexican Snowball". smgrowers.com. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
  2. ^ "Echeveria halbingeri". giromagi.com. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
  3. ^ Jimeno, David (January 2008). El género Echeveria (Crassulaceae) en Veracruz, (PDF) (Masters thesis) (in Spanish). Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico: Universidad Veracruzana. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via Internet.
  4. ^ "Echeveria halbingeri E.Walther". kew.org. Retrieved June 21, 2025.