Mexican Snowball

Echeveria elegans

''Echeveria elegans'', the Mexican snow ball, Mexican gem or white Mexican rose is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to semi-desert habitats in Mexico.
Mexican snow ball - Echeveria elegans Ornamental found in garden in our lodge near Reserva Cerro de Las Vueltas, Costa Rica.  Costa Rica,Echeveria elegans,Geotagged,Spring

Appearance

''Echeveria elegans'' is a succulent evergreen perennial growing to 5–10 cm tall by 50 cm wide, with tight rosettes of pale green-blue fleshy leaves, bearing 25 cm long slender pink stalks of pink flowers with yellow tips in winter and spring.

Naming

''Echeveria'' is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to ''Flora Mexicana''. ''Elegans'' means 'elegant' or 'graceful'.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderSaxifragales
FamilyCrassulaceae
GenusEcheveria
SpeciesE. elegans
Photographed in
Costa Rica