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Plush Plant
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Plush Plant
P Introduced Photo: Sobhapati Samom
Common name: Plush Plant, Red Echeveria
Botanical name: Echeveria harmsii    Family: Crassulaceae (Sedum family)
Synonyms: Oliveranthus elegans, Cotyledon elegans

Plush Plant is a small fleshy subshrub that forms rosettes of light green fuzzy leaves with red edges at the end of the branches. It can grow up to 30 cm in height and nearly equal width. The leaves are thick, fleshy, narrow, measuring up to 3 cm long. The flowers are urn-shaped or bell-shaped, bright orange with golden throat, and can reach up to 3 cm in length. They appear on slender stalks with scattered leaves. The flower stalks can grow up to 10 cm long. Plush Plant is native to Mexico, grown as a succulent worldwide.

Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in cultivation in Imphal, Manipur.

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