General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Spread: Up to 6 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Red at the base, yellow at the mouth
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: will not come true from seed if the plant is a hybrid
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Leaf
Offsets
Pollinators: Birds
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Mexican Firecracker
  • Echeveria

Photo Gallery
Location: Baja California
Date: 2022-01-27
Location: Baja California
Date: 2020-12-15
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-10-22
Location: Baja California
Date: 2022-01-05
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-05-17
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-05-01
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-01-01
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-05-17
Location: Baja California
Date: 2022-07-19
Location: Baja California
Date: 2022-01-05
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-03-19
Peduncle
Location: No. CA zone 9b
Date: 2014-09-12
Appears to be two headed on same stalk
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-01-01
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-11-03
6" pot
Location: North Bay California
Date: Late summer
Echeveria setosa
Location: Baja California
Date: 2024-09-04
8 inch pot
Location: 98108
Date: 2013-07-11
plant on left with flowers almost open
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Author: Cody Hough

Date: 2013-03-18
Location: Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden, Osaka, Japan.
Date: October 23, 2010
Photo by KENPEI
Location: 98108
Date: 2012-10-08
Mexican Firecracker in pot

Date: November 4, 2020
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-06-01
E. setosa minor (top), "Arrow Shaped" (bottom)

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Oct 25, 2020 2:08 PM concerning plant:
    Small hairy Echeveria from the Sierra Mixteca in southern Mexico with bicolored flowers (red at the base, yellow near the tip). A number of named varieties exist, sharing the same chromosome number (25). The type variety (from Puebla) has many green, incurved leaves (up to 60-170 per rosette), grows to 4-6 inches, and offsets to form raised mounds. Echeveria (Echeveria setosa var. ciliata) (Oaxaca) has fewer, shorter hairs (mostly on the margins and tips) and concave upper leaf surfaces. Echeveria (Echeveria setosa var. deminuta) (aka E. rundelii, nomen nudum; from Oaxaca) has small (~2"), clustering rosettes with blue, club-shaped leaves that have reddish tips. Echeveria (Echeveria setosa var. minor), including a clone called Echeveria (Echeveria setosa 'FO-42') (from Oaxaca), has 35-50 green or blue-green leaves, usually thinner and bluer than the type, with highly variable hairiness. Echeveria (Echeveria setosa var. oteroi) (the least common in cultivation; from Oaxaca) is most similar to var. ciliata, but has less hair (either hairless or with some marginal hairs) and fewer leaves, growing more slowly, branching less, and developing a stem over time.

    This species is found in Puebla and Oaxaca. Versions of this plant have been released a few different times by the ISI as ISI 419 (1963), ISI 1197 (1980), ISI 95-28 (1995), ISI 95-29 (1995), ISI 2014-19 (2014). This species is frequently confused with other hairy Echeverias in cultivation, and some of the images above may be Woolly Rose (Echeveria 'Doris Taylor') or Echeveria 'Bombycina', two independent hybrids with pulvinata.

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