| Family | CRASSULACEAE |
| Genus species | Echeveria backenbergii Poelln. |
| Bibliography | Repert Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 185 (1935) |
| Native Range | Peru |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2300-2700m |
| Description | leaves in rosette, sessile, lanceolate, later linear-oblong, 4-7cm, acute, pale grey-green, obtusely carinate, margins scabrous, whitish, flowers 8-13, corolla ovoid, 6-8mm |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | yellow-red |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | succulent subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
| Synonyms | Echeveria chiclensis var. backenbergii (Poelln.) Pino Echeveria chiclensis f. backenbergii (Poelln.) Kimnach |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |