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Hen and chicks

Crassulaceae

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Hens and Chicks Succulent

Crassulaceae

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HeatherMiller
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HeatherMiller
Shilo, it is a strange name, but I think it's because the big plant produces daughter plants that surround it. I suppose when the people who name plants saw this, they thought it looked like a mother hen and her chicks?

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PublishedJune 28, 2011

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