For the viticultural condition also known as "hens and chicks", see Millerandage. For other plants commonly called "Hen and chickens", see Hen and chicken plant.
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Hen and chicks (also known as hen-and-chickens, or hen-widdies in the southern United States) is a common name for a group of small succulent plants. They belong to the flowering plant family Crassulaceae, native to southern Europe and northern Africa. The plants grow close to the ground with leaves formed around each other in a rosette, and propagating by offsets. The "hen" is the main, or mother, plant, and the "chicks" are a flock of offspring,[1] which start as tiny buds on the main plant and soon sprout their own roots, taking up residence close to the mother plant.
Plants commonly referred to as "Hens and chicks" include ground-hugging species of Sempervivum (houseleeks) such as Sempervivum 'Pekinese', S. arachnoideum (cobweb houseleek), and S. tectorum (common houseleek), as well as members of the related genus Jovibarba. The name is also used for some species of Echeveria, Sedum and Bergenia although these plants differ significantly from Sempervivum and Jovibarba, and may require different cultivation and care.
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Henandchicks (also known as hen-and-chickens, or hen-widdies in the southern United States) is a common name for a group of small succulent plants. They...
two related genera of small succulent plant species, commonly called "Henandchicks" Echeveria, a genus of succulent plant species Sedum, a genus of succulent...
for herself, her chicks, and all her farmyard animal friends if they help her. (Her friends ask, "If we help you?".) The little red hen says, "Yes. If you...
Fat hen or fat-hen may refer to: Henandchicks, a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa Fat-hen, Chenopodium...
Jovibarba globifera, common name rolling hen-and-chicks, is a species of succulent flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. Jovibarba globifera subsp...
taxonomical designation Sempervivum, literally "always/forever alive") andhenandchicks, a name shared with plants of other genera as well. They are succulent...
widely than jovibarba flowers. The common name henandchicks is applied to some Jovibarba species (and also species in several other genera). Most jovibarbas...
Echeveria lilacina, common name ghost echeveria or Mexican hensandchicks, is a species of succulent plants in the genus Echeveria belonging to the family...
can be separated from the parents in spring, and grown separately - hence the common name "henandchicks", applied to several species within the genus...
Welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk—a name it sometimes shares with Sedum acre. henandchicks - a name shared with several other plants The specific epithet tectorum...
Echeveria shaviana, called Mexican hens or Mexican hensandchicks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to northeastern...
female sits on the nest while the male hunts and brings food to her and the chicks. The male will help feed chicks after they hatch, but does not usually watch...
referred to as 'hen-and-chicks') is a species of flowering plant in the succulent stonecrop family, Crassulaceae, native to the Balkans and Southeastern...
their façade and are excited to eat, but all she gives them is castor oil. As the henand her chicks eat the corn themselves, Peter and Donald repent...
Horticultural Society. Retrieved 17 February 2021. Other common names; … rosy hen-and-chicks "Echeveria leucotricha chenille plant". The Royal Horticultural Society...
by plantlets Henandchicks, a group of plants Pentacycle, also called "Henand chickens" Henand Chickens Shoal Light, Florida, US Henand Chickens Theatre...
as such. Plants offered commercially then as "succulents", such as henandchicks, will less often include geophytes, in which the swollen storage organ...
Fingers' and 'Pig’s Ear', Sempervivum such as cobweb houseleek (or hen-and-chicks) and S. calcareum, and Aeonium such as A. haworthii (and its popular...
flower and set seed many times over the course of their lifetimes. Often numerous offsets are produced, and are commonly known as "henandchicks", which...
" and an almost mathematical-looking notation. The following examples describe the same small piece of tatting (the first ring in the HenandChicks pattern)...
hatched chicks feed by absorbing the internal yolk sac. The hen guards her chicksand brood them to keep them warm. She leads them to food and water and calls...
by the chicks. If the hen is present, distress associated behaviours are less in the chick. Demonstrating empathy by hens toward their chicks is accompanied...
elements for brooding chicks. The wire floor allowed the manure to pass through, removing it from the chicks' environment and reducing the risk of manure-borne...
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