Echeveria setosa var. minor is a cute succulent that forms small rosettes of crowded, pale blue to blue-green leaves with soft white hairs…
Browsing: setosa
Epithet: setosa
Meaning: Bristly; shaggy
Derivation: Feminine form of the Latin adjective "saetosus."
Pronunciation: set-OH-suh
Whereas the generic name must be unique, there are often two or more genera with the same specific epithet. The same epithet can also be used within a species for subspecies, varieties, and forms.
Here is a full list of succulents with this epithet. Click on the photo or the name of the plant for which you wish to see further information.
Echeveria setosa (Mexican Firecracker) is an attractive succulent with short branching stems topped with rosettes of thick fleshy green…
Echeveria setosa var. deminuta (Firecracker Plant) is an attractive succulent that forms small rosettes of club-shaped blue-green leaves…
Echeveria setosa var. ciliata is a small succulent that forms rosettes of fleshy, green leaves with bristles along the margins. Rosettes…