Hechtia argentea
A silvery, spiny terrestrial bromeliad of the dry hills of northeastern Mexico, forming dense rosettes on rock and thin soil. Treat it like a sun-loving xerophytic succulent: strong light, sharp drainage, a dry and mild winter.
Where it grows wild
Like most Hechtia, it grows in open xerophytic scrub on rocky slopes, often on limestone, fully exposed. Habitat details here are generalised from the genus.
Measured sites lie at about 830–1520 m in the Sierra Madre Oriental foothills of Hidalgo and Querétaro.
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