Editing Hen and chicks (section)

{{Short description|Hens of chicks}}
{{About||the viticultural condition also known as "hens and chicks"|Millerandage|other plants commonly called "Hen and chickens"|Hen and chicken plant}}
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[[File:Hens and Chicks growing amid other succulents.jpg|thumb|right|240px| ''Jovibarba globifera'' (syn. ''Sempervivum globiferum'') showing larger mother plants ("hens") and smaller, globe-shaped [[offset (botany)|offsets]] ("chicks", "globi")]]
[[File:CommonHouseleek.jpg|thumb|right|240px| ''Sempervivum tectorum'' (common houseleek)]]
[[File:Hen & Chicksbloom.JPG|thumb|240px|Close-up of blooms]]
'''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 (botany)|rosette]], and propagating by [[offset (botany)|offsets]]. The "hen" is the main, or mother, plant, and the "chicks" are a flock of offspring,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yakimaherald.com/magazine/home_and_garden/master-gardener-sedums-succulents/article_71fa3d98-4197-11e8-8134-1f6fef7ee414.html|title = Master Gardener: Sedums & Succulents| date=20 April 2018 }}</ref> 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', ''[[Sempervivum arachnoideum|S. arachnoideum]]'' (cobweb houseleek), and ''[[Sempervivum tectorum|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.