Echeveria cante
One of the largest and most striking Echeverias: a single rosette up to about 30 cm across, with broad leaves thickly coated in chalky white-lilac bloom and edged pink. It grows on high rocky crags in northwestern Zacatecas, Mexico, at about 2000–2500 m. It has the RHS Award of Garden Merit. The bloom rubs off easily, and the plant rots in warm, wet, stagnant conditions.
Where it grows wild
It grows on and around craggy rock outcrops high on the mountains between Fresnillo and Sombrerete, in semi-arid highland scrub and grassland. Plants root into rock crevices and thin, stony soil. They sit fully exposed to sun and wind, and water drains away fast.
Herbarium and sample records give 2042 m and 2500 m. It is a high-plateau species that sees cold, dry winters.
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