Crassulaceae

Mexican snow ball

Echeveria elegans Rose

Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria

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Mexican snow ball: Echeveria elegans flowers — FlowerPhoto: troy mckaskle from SF Bay Area, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)

Arabic: إشفيرية أنيقة, ساق العروس
arz: اشفيريه انيقه
Bulgarian: Елегантна ешеверия, Грациозна ешеверия
Chinese: 月影, 墨西哥雪球, 星影
Czech: Pupovice ozdobná
English: Mexican snow ball
Persian: ساقعروس, ساق عروس
Russian: Эхеверия изящная

Synonyms

Echeveria albicans E.Walther
Echeveria elegans var. kesselringiana Poelln.
Echeveria perelegans A.Berger

Photos

FlowerPhoto: troy mckaskle from SF Bay Area, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Whole plantPhoto: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Whole plantPhoto: stephen boisvert from Chicago, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Whole plantPhoto: Israel Castorena Lemus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Whole plantPhoto: Megan Hansen from Portland, OR, US, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Whole plantPhoto: Ángela Patricia Rojas Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Sanja565658, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Whole plantPhoto: stephen boisvert from Chicago, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Whole plantPhoto: Elisa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Whole plantPhoto: stephen boisvert from Chicago, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Whole plantPhoto: stephen boisvert from Chicago, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Whole plantPhoto: Jordi Martínez Martínez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.