Echeveria strictiflora
# Echeveria strictiflora

Echeveria strictiflora, the desert savior, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to southwestern Texas and to the Chihuahuan Desert of northeast Mexico. Its range consists of several scattered populations, rather than a contiguous range.

## Description

Rosettes of this succulent perennial can reach up to 10 cm in diameter, but are usually smaller.

Leaves: Range in color from glaucous to brownish green or green, and some Mexican populations of the plant have red leaf margins.

Inflorescences: Reaching 20–25 cm in heigh, with flowers in shades of pink or orange.

## Cultivation

Benefits from scant water during the cooler winter months and higher levels of water during the warmer growing season.

## Etymology

Echeveria is named for Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, a botanical illustrator who contributed to Flora Mexicana.

Strictiflora means '[having or bearing] straight flowers'. It is derived from strict, meaning 'straight' and flora meaning 'flower'.

