Hen-and-chickens echeveria

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Echeveria secunda

Hen-and-chickens echeveria, a reference photo
Photo: Dinkum · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Echeveria secunda, called the glaucous echeveria, is a species of succulent flowering plant in the genus Echeveria, native to Mexico, and introduced to the Dominican Republic, New Zealand, and Vietnam. Its cultivar 'Compton Carousel' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Hen-and-chickens echeveria 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Crassulaceae
Species
Echeveria secunda

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