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Lipstick (Echeveria agavoides)

Description

Echeveria agavoides ‘Lipstick’ is a rosette-forming succulent plant that forms clumps of individual plants, up to 6 inches (15 cm) tall and up to 12 inches (30 cm) wide. The leaves are apple-green with vivid red-pink edges and a terminal spine reminiscent of an Agave (hence the name). The inflorescences in summer appear on slender, single-sided cymes up to 20 inches (50 cm) long. The flowers are pinkish-red with petals tipped with dark yellow.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Saxifragales

            • Family: Crassulaceae

              • Genus: Echeveria