Echeveria agavoides, or 'lipstick' echeveria, is a species of succulent flowering plant of the stonecrop (sedum) family Crassulaceae, native to the rocky canyons and arid hillsides of Central Mexico. It is primarily known from the states of Aguascalientes, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas, though it has been sighted as far north as Coahuila and as far south as Oaxaca.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lipstick being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Echeveria affinis
- Echeveria chihuahuaensis
- Graptopetalum bartramii
- Echeveria hyalina
- Echeveria strictiflora
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Saxifragales
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Genus
- Echeveria
- Species
- Echeveria agavoides
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