The following photos will allow you to identify cacti and other succulent plants. Click on image to view plant details.
![Acanthocalycium glaucum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Acanthocalycium-glaucum-480x480.webp)
Origin: South America (Argentina)
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Adenium-obesum-480.jpg)
Desert Rose
Origin: Africa, Arabian Peninsula
![Adromischus alstonii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Adromischus-alstonii.jpg)
Bulbees
Origin: South Africa
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Adromischus-cooperi-480.jpg)
Bulbees
Origin: South Africa
![Adromischus cristatus var. clavifolius](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Adromischus-cristatus-var.-clavifolius-480x480.jpg)
Crinkle Leaf Plant
Origin: South Africa
Height: 5 to 10 centimeters
![Aeonium arboreum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Aeonium-arboreum-480x480.webp)
Tree Aeonium
Origin: Europe (Spain - Canary Islands), North Africa (Morocco)
Height, habit: 30 to 100 centimeters, herbaceous plant
![Aeonium arboreum Atropurpurea](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Aeonium-arboreum.jpg)
Tree Aeonium
Origin: The wild type is native to Canary Islands.
![Aeonium arboreum Nigrum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Aeonium-arboreum-Nigrum-480x480.jpg)
Tree Aeonium
Origin: The wild type is native to Canary Islands.
![Aeonium canariense](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Aeonium-canariense-480x480.webp)
Giant Velvet Rose, Canary Island Aeonium
Origin: Tenerife (Spain, Canary Islands)
Height: The rosettes can reach 20 centimeters in width. The flower spike reaches lengths of up to 70 centimeters.
![Aeonium decorum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Aeonium-decorum.jpg)
Tree Aeonium
Origin: Aeonium decorum is native to Canary Islands.
![Aeonium glutinosum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Aeonium-glutinosum-480x480.webp)
Viscid Houseleek
Origin: Europe (Portugal - Madeira)
Height, habit: 30 to 60 centimeters, herbaceous plant
![Aeonium sedifolium](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Aeonium-sedifolium-480x480.webp)
Dwarf Aeonium
Origin: Spain (La Gomera, La Palma, Tenerife)
Height: 20 to 40 centimeters
![Agave potatorum var. verschaffelti mediopicta 4](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Agave-potatorum-var.-verschaffelti-mediopicta-4-480x480.webp)
What are agaves?
Origin: North America, South America
![Agave americana](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Agave-americana-2-480x480.jpg)
American Agave
Origin: USA (Texas) to Mexico
![Agave angustifolia](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Agave-angustifolia-1-480x480.jpg)
Caribbean Agave
Origin: Mexico to Central America
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Agave-angustifolia-Marginata-480.jpg)
Caribbean Agave
Origin: Agave angustifolia is native from Mexico to Central America.
![Agave applanata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Agave-applanata-480x480.jpg)
Gray Agave
Origin: Mexico
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Agave-attenuata-480.jpg)
Swan's Neck Agave
Origin: Mexico
![Agave geminiflora](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Agave-geminiflora-480x480.webp)
Twin Flowered Agave
Origin: Mexico
Height: The rosettes can reach 120 centimeters wide and 100 centimeters high.
![Agave macroacantha](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Agave-macroacantha.jpg)
Black Spined Agave
Origin: Mexico
![Agave ovatifolia](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Agave-ovatifolia-480x480.jpg)
Whale's Tongue Agave
Origin: Mexico
![Agave parrasana](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Agave-parrasana.jpg)
Cabbage Head Agave
Origin: Mexico
![Agave parryi](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Agave-parryi-480x480.jpg)
Mescal Agave
Origin: USA (Arizona, Texas) to Mexico
![Agave parviflora](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Agave-parviflora.jpg)
Small Flower Agave
Origin: Mexico
![Agave potatorum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Agave-potatorum-480x480.jpg)
Butterfly Agave
Origin: Mexico
Height: The rosettes can reach 40 centimeters wide and 25 centimeters high.
![Agave potatorum Butterfly Agave](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Agave-potatorum-Butterfly-Agave-480x480.webp)
Butterfly Agave
Origin: Mexico
Height: The rosettes can reach 40 centimeters wide and 25 centimeters high.
![Agave potatorum var. verschaffelti mediopicta](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Agave-potatorum-var.-verschaffelti-mediopicta-480x480.webp)
Butterfly Agave
Origin: The wild type is native to Mexico.
Height: The rosettes can reach 40 centimeters wide and 25 centimeters high. The flowering shoot reaches lengths of up to 6 meters.
![Agave striata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Agave-striata-480x480.jpg)
Narrow Leaf Century Plant
Origin: Mexico
![Agave lophantha Quadricolor](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Agave-lophantha-Quadricolor-480x480.jpg)
Thorn-Crested Century Plant
Origin: The wild type is native from Texas (USA) to Mexico.
![Agave utahensis nevadensis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Agave.jpg)
Clark Mountain Agave
Origin: USA (California to Nevada)
![Aloe juvenna](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Aloe-juvenna-1-480x480.webp)
What are aloes?
Origin: Arabian Peninsula to South Africa
![Aloe Pepe](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Aloe-Pepe-5-480x480.jpg)
Origin: Aloe "Pepe" is a crossing between Aloe descoingsii and Aloe haworthioides, both native to Madagascar (Africa).
![Alworthia Black Gem](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Alworthia-Black-Gem-480x480.webp)
Aloe "Black Gem"
Origin: The parent species are native to South Africa.
Height: 20 to 40 centimeters
![Aloe arborescens](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Aloe-arborescens-2-480x480.jpg)
Krantz Aloe
Origin: Southern Africa (Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
![Aloe bakeri](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Aloe-bakeri-480x480.jpg)
Baker Aloe
Origin: Madagascar
![Aloe brevifolia](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Aloe-brevifolia-480x480.jpg)
Short-Leaf Aloe
Origin: South Africa
![Aloe ferox Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Aloe-ferox-Variegata-4-480x480.jpg)
Cape Aloe
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![Aloe Blüte](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Aloe-Bluete.jpg)
Spider Aloe
Origin: South Africa
![Aloe jucunda](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Aloe-jucunda.jpg)
Origin: Somalia
![Aloe maculata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Aloe-maculata-480x480.jpg)
Soap Aloe
Origin: South Africa
![Aloe marlothii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Aloe-marlothii-480x480.jpg)
Mountain Aloe
Origin: Botswana, South Africa
![Aloe perfoliata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Aloe-perfoliata-480x480.jpg)
Rubble Aloe
Origin: South Africa
![Aloe plicatilis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Aloe.jpg)
Fan Aloe
Origin: South Africa
![Aloe ramosissima](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Aloe-ramosissima.jpg)
Origin: Namibia, South Africa
![Aloe somaliensis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Aloe-somaliensis.jpg)
Somalian Aloe
Origin: Djibouti, Somalia
![Anacampseros rufescens Sunrise](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Anacampseros-rufescens-Sunrise-4-480x480.jpg)
Sand Rose
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
Height: 5 to 10 centimeters
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Astrophytum.jpg)
Bishop's Cap
Origin: Astrophytum myriostigma is native to Mexico.
![Astrophytum myriostigma Nudum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Astrophytum-myriostigma-Nudum-480x480.jpg)
Bishop's Cap
Origin: Astrophytum myriostigma is native to Mexico.
![Astrophytum ornatum var. glabrescens](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Astrophytum-ornatum-var.-glabrescens-480x480.jpg)
Bishop's Cap
Origin: Mexico
![Astrophytum ornatum var. mirbelii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Astrophytum-ornatum-var.-mirbelii-480x480.jpg)
Bishop's Cap
Origin: Mexico
![Austrocylindropuntia subulata Cristata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Austrocylindropuntia-subulata-Cristata-480x480.jpg)
Eve's Needle
Origin: The wild type is native to Argentina, Bolivia and Peru.
![Austrocylindropuntia vestita Cristata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Austrocylindropuntia-vestita-Cristata-4-480x480.jpg)
Long Spine Cactus
Origin: The wild type is native to Argentina and Bolivia.
![Bulbine frutescens](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Bulbine-frutescens.jpg)
Stalked Bulbine
Origin: South Africa
![Carpobrotus acinaciformis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Carpobrotus-acinaciformis-480x480.jpg)
Elands Sourfig
Origin: South Africa
![Cephalocereus senilis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Cephalocereus.jpg)
Old Man Cactus
Origin: Mexico
![Cereus jamacaru Spiralis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cereus-jamacaru-Spiralis-480x480.jpg)
Spiral Cereus
Origin: The wild type is native to Brazil.
![Cereus repandus Florida](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Cereus.jpg)
Giant Club Cactus
Origin: None, cultivar. The parent form is native to Grenada, Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela.
![Cereus repandus var. monstrosus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Cereus-repandus.jpg)
Giant Club Cactus
Origin: None, cultivar. The parent form is native to Grenada, Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela.
![Ceropegia ampliata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Ceropegia-ampliata.jpg)
Lantern Flower
Origin: South Africa, Madagascar
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ceropegia-linearis-woodii-480.jpg)
Chain of Hearts
Origin: Tropical Africa
![Cheiridopsis purpurea](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cheiridopsis-purpurea-1-480x480.jpg)
Origin: South Africa (Richtersveld)
![Cleistocactus strausii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cleistocactus-strausii-7-480x480.jpg)
Silver Torch, Wooly Torch
Origin: South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay)
![Cleistocactus winteri Cristata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cleistocactus-winteri-Cristata-480x480.jpg)
Golden Rat Tail, Rat Tail Cactus
Origin: The wild type is native to Bolivia.
![Conophytum minutum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Conophytum-minutum-480x480.jpg)
Living Stones
Origin: South Africa
![Corynopuntia grahamii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Corynopuntia-grahamii-6-480x480.jpg)
Club Cholla
Origin: USA (New Mexico, Texas), Mexico
![Coryphantha pycnacantha](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Coryphantha-pycnacantha-480x480.jpg)
Cory Cactus
Origin: Mexico
![Cotyledon orbicularis Octopus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Cotyledon.jpg)
Cotyledon Octopus
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![Cotyledon tomentosa](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Cotyledon-tomentosa.jpg)
Bear's Paw
Origin: South Africa
![Cotyledon tomentosa Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Cotyledon-tomentosa-Variegata-480x480.jpg)
Bear's Paw
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa
Height: 20 to 70 centimeters
![Cotyledon undulata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Cotyledon-undulata.jpg)
Silver Ruffles Plant
Origin: Africa
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Crassula-arborescens-480.jpg)
Silver Dollar Plant, Silver Jade
Origin: South Africa
![Crassula arborescens undulatifolia](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Crassula-arborescens-undulatifolia-480x480.jpg)
Silver Dollar Plant, Silver Jade
Origin: South Africa
![Crassula atropurpurea var. muirii Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Crassula-atropurpurea-var.-muirii-Variegata-480x480.webp)
Crassula "Money Maker"
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa
Height: 20 to 60 centimeters
![Crassula columella](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crassula-columella-480x480.webp)
Columnar Crassula
Origin: South Africa
Height, habit: Up to 15 centimeters, succulent plant
![Crassula deceptor Arta](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Crassula-deceptor-Arta-480x480.jpg)
Alabaster Towers
Origin: Crassula deceptor is native to Namiba and South Africa.
![Crassula exilis schmidtii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Crassula-exilis-schmidtii-480x480.jpg)
Tiger Jade
Origin: South Africa
![Crassula falcata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Crassula-falcata-8-480x480.jpg)
Airplane Plant, Propeller Plant
Origin: South Africa
![Crassula mesembrianthemopsis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Crassula-mesembrianthemopsis-3-480x480.jpg)
Origin: South Africa
![Crassula muscosa](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Crassula-muscosa-1-480x480.jpg)
Rattail Crassula, Watch Chain, Lizard's Tail
Origin: Namibia, South Africa
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Crassula-muscosa-Variegata-480.jpg)
Rattail Crassula, Watch Chain, Lizard's Tail
Origin: Crassula muscosa is native to Namibia and South Africa.
![Crassula orbicularis var Rosularis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Crassula-orbicularis-var-Rosularis-480x480.jpg)
Curly Jade
Origin: South Africa
![Crassula ovata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Crassula.jpg)
Money Tree, Jade Plant, Friendship Tree
Origin: South Africa
![Crassula ovata Convoluta](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Crassula-ovata-Convoluta-480x480.webp)
Money Tree, Jade Plant, Friendship Tree
Origin: The wild type is native to Africa (Mozambique, South Africa)
Height: Up to 2.5 meters
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Crassula-ovata-Hobbit-Gollum-480.jpg)
Money Tree, Jade Plant
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![Crassula ovata Hulk](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Crassula-ovata-Hulk-480x480.webp)
Money Tree, Jade Plant, Friendship Tree
Origin: The wild type is native to Africa (Mozambique, South Africa)
Height: Up to 2.5 meters
![Crassula marginalis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Crassula-marginalis-480x480.jpg)
Calico Kitten
Origin: South Africa
![Crassula perforata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Crassula-perforata-3-480x480.jpg)
String of Buttons
Origin: South Africa
![Crassula perforata Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Crassula-perforata-Variegata-480x480.jpg)
String of Buttons
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![Crassula tecta](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Crassula-tecta-480x480.jpg)
Lizard Skin Crassula
Origin: South Africa
![Crassula × marchandii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Crassula-×-marchandii-480x480.webp)
Marchand's Crassula
Origin: South Africa
Height, habit: Up to 15 centimeters, succulent plant
![Cremnosedum Little Gem](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cremnosedum-Little-Gem-480x480.webp)
Little Gem Cremnosedum
Origin: The parent species are native to Mexico.
Height: 5 to 10 centimeters
![Curio articulatus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Curio-articulatus-480x480.jpg)
Candle Plant, Pickle Plant
Origin: Africa (South Africa)
Height: 20 to 40 centimeters
![Curio citriformis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Curio-citriformis-480x480.jpg)
String of Tears, Tear-Drop Senecio
Origin: Africa (Namibia, South Africa)
Height: The creeping stems can grow up to 10 centimeters long, the inflorescences can reach heights of up to 15 centimeters.
![Curio ficoides](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Curio-ficoides-480x480.webp)
Mount Everest Senecio, Skyscraper Senecio
Origin: Africa (South Africa) and as an introduced species in some parts of Spain.
![Cylindropuntia imbricata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cylindropuntia-imbricata-1-480x480.jpg)
Candelabrum Cactus, Cane Cholla, Walking Stick Cholla
Origin: USA to Mexico
![Cyphostemma juttae](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Cyphostemma-juttae-1-480x480.jpg)
Tree Grape, Namibian Grape
Origin: South Africa
![Dasylirion serratifolium](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dasylirion-serratifolium-5-480x480.jpg)
Sandpaper Sotol
Origin: Mexico
![Delosperma echinatum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Delosperma-echinatum-480x480.webp)
Pickle plant
Origin: South Africa
Height, habit: 10 to 20 centimeters, herbaceous succulent plant
![Deuterocohnia lotteae](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Deuterocohnia-lotteae.jpg)
Origin: Bolivia
![Didierea trollii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Didierea-trollii.jpg)
Octopus Plant, Octopus Tree
![Dischidia ruscifolia](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Dischidia-ruscifolia-480x480.jpg)
Million Hearts
Origin: Philippines
![Sansevieria Boncellensis 1](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sansevieria-Boncellensis-1-480x480.jpg)
Snake Plant
Origin: Sansevieria species are native to tropical Africa.
![Sansevieria Ed Eby](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sansevieria-Ed-Eby-480x480.jpg)
Snake Plant
Origin: Sansevieria species are native to tropical Africa
![Sansevieria Fernwood](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sansevieria-Fernwood-480x480.jpg)
Snake Plant
Origin: Sansevieria "Fernwood" is a hybrid of Sansevieria parva (Kenya, Uganda) and Sansevieria suffruticosa (Kenya, Tanzania).
![Snake Plant](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Sansevieria-concinna-9-480x480.jpg)
Spoon Leaved Snake Plant
Origin: Africa (Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
Height: 20 to 50 centimeters
![Sansevieria cylindrica](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sansevieria-cylindrica-480x480.jpg)
Snake Plant, Mother-in-Law's Tongue
Origin: Tropical Africa
![Sansevieria francisii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sansevieria-francisii-480x480.jpg)
Snake Plant
Origin: Kenya
![Sansevieria parva](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sansevieria-parva-480x480.jpg)
Kenya Hyacinth, Snake Plant
Origin: Africa (Kenya, Uganda)
![Sansevieria trifasciata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Sansevieria-trifasciata.jpg)
Snake Plant, Mother-in-Law's Tongue
Origin: Tropical Africa
![Sansevieria trifasciata Hahnii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SansevieriatrifasciataHahnii-480x480.jpg)
Snake Plant, Mother-in-Law's Tongue
Origin: The "Hahnii's" are cultivars. Sansevieria trifasciata is native to tropical Africa.
![Sansevierie](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sansevieria-laurentii-480x480.jpg)
Snake Plant, Mother-in-Law's Tongue
Origin: "Laurentii" is a cultivar. Sansevieria trifasciata is native to tropical Africa.
![Dracaena draco](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dracaena-draco-3-480x480.jpg)
Dragontree, Canary Islands Dragontree
Origin: Portugal (Madeira), Spain (Tenerife, Gran Canaria), Morocco
![Dudleya brittonii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Dudleya.jpg)
Britton's Dudleya, Giant Chalk Dudleya
Origin: Mexico
![Dudleya greenei](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dudleya-greenei-1-480x480.jpg)
Greene's Dudleya, Greene's Liveforever
Origin: California (USA)
![Duvalia pubescens](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Duvalia.jpg)
Carrion Flower
![Painted-Lady](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Echeveria-480x480.jpg)
Painted-Lady
Origin: The parent species are native to Mexico.
![Echeveria Perle von Nuernberg](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Echeveria-Perle-von-Nuernberg.jpg)
Pearl of Nuremberg Echeveria
Origin: The parent species are native to Mexico.
![Echeveria agavoides](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Echeveria.jpg)
Molded Wax
Origin: Mexico
![Echeveria agavoides Cristata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Echeveria-agavoides-Cristata-480x480.jpg)
Molded Wax
Origin: The wild type is native to Mexico
Height: 7 to 12 centimeters
![Echeveria agavoides Taurus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Echeveria.jpg)
Molded Wax
Origin: Echeveria agavoides is native to Mexico.
![Molded Wax](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Echeveria-agavoides-5-480x480.jpg)
Molded Wax
Origin: The wild type is native to Mexico.
Height: 7 to 12 centimeters
![Echeveria derenbergii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Echeveria-derenbergii-1-480x480.jpg)
Painted-Lady
Origin: Mexico
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Echeveria.jpg)
Pearl Echeveria, Mexican Snowball
Origin: Mexico
![Echeveria gibbiflora Purple Pearl](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Echeveria-gibbiflora-Purple-Pearl-480x480.webp)
Donkey-Eared Echeveria
Origin: The wild type is native to Guatemala and Mexico.
Height: The flowering shoot can grow up to 50 centimeters high.
![Echeveria macdougallii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Echeveria-macdougallii.jpg)
Origin: Mexico
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Echeveria.jpg)
Painted Echeveria
Origin: Mexico
![Echeveria prolifica](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Echeveria-prolifica-480x480.jpg)
Prolific Echeveria
Origin: probably Mexico
![Echeveria pulidonis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Echeveria-pulidonis-480x480.jpg)
Pulido's Echeveria
Origin: Mexico
![Echeveria purpusorum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Echeveria-purpusorum-480x480.webp)
Red Dragon Echeveria
Origin: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla)
Height: The rosettes grow up to 6 centimeters tall and 8 centimeters wide. The flower spike can grow up to 30 centimeters high.
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Echeverien.jpg)
Mexican Fire Cracker
Origin: Mexico
![Echeveria setosa var. minor](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Echeveria-setosa-var.-minor-480x480.webp)
Mexican Fire Cracker
Origin: Mexico
Height, habit: Up to 10 centimeters, herbaceous succulent plant
![Echeveria setosa var. oteroi](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Echeveria-setosa-var.-oteroi-480x480.webp)
Mexican Fire Cracker
Origin: Mexico
Height, habit: Up to 20 centimeters, herbaceous succulent plant
![Echinocactus grusonii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Echinocactus-grusonii-480x480.jpg)
Golden Barrel Cactus, Golden Ball
Origin: Mexico.
![Echinocactus grusonii kurzdornig](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Echinocactus-kurzdornig.jpg)
Golden Barrel Cactus, Golden Ball
Origin: Only cultivated, Echinocactus grusonii is native to Mexico.
![Echinocereus coccineus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Echinocereus-coccineus-480x480.jpg)
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus
Origin: USA to Mexico
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Echinocereus.jpg)
Hedgehog Cactus
Origin: USA (Oklahoma, Texas)
![Echinocereus viereckii var morricalii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Echinocereus-viereckii-var-morricalii-1-480x480.jpg)
Hedgehog Cactus
Origin: Mexico
![Echinopsis ancistrophora cardenasiana](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Echinopsis-cardenasiana.jpg)
Hedgehog Cactus, Sea-Urchin Cactus
Origin: Argentinia, Bolivia
![Echinopsis atacamensis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Echinopsis-atacamensis-480x480.jpg)
Pasacana Tree Cactus
Origin: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile
![Echinopsis candicans](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Echinopsis.jpg)
Argentine Giant
Origin: Argentina
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Echinopsis.jpg)
Peanut Cactus
Origin: Argentinia
![Echinopsis subdenudata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Echinopsis-subdenudata-1-480x480.jpg)
Easter Lily Cactus
Origin: Bolivia
![Epiphyllum Tantico](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Epiphyllum.jpg)
Leaf Cactus
Origin: None, only cultivated. Epiphyllum species are native to Central America.
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Escobaria-sneedii-480.jpg)
Sneed's Pincushion Cactus, Carpet Foxtail Cactus
Origin: New Mexico & Texas (USA)
![Espostoa lanata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Espostoa-lanata-480x480.jpg)
Peruvian Old Man Cactus, Cotton Ball Cactus
Origin: Ecuador, Peru
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Euphorbia-aeruginosa-480.jpg)
Canary Island Spurge
Origin: South Africa
![Euphorbia alluaudii Cristata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Euphorbia-alluaudii-Cristata-480x480.webp)
Cat Tails Euphorbia
Origin: The wild type is native to Madagascar
Height, habit: Up to two meters, succulent shrub
![Euphorbia ammak Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Euphorbia-ammak-Variegata-480x480.jpg)
African Candelabra
Origin: The wild type is native to Jemen and Saudi Arabia.
![Euphorbia bupleurifolia](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Euphorbiabupleurifolia-480x480.jpg)
Spurge
Origin: South Africa
![Euphorbia bupleurifolia × susannae](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Euphorbia-bs.jpg)
Spurge
Origin: The parent species are native to South Africa.
![Euphorbia debilispina](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Euphorbia-debilispina-480x480.webp)
Spurge
Origin: Africa (Zimbabwe)
Height, habit: 10 to 20 centimeters, succulent shrublet
![Euphorbia enopla Cristata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Euphorbia-enopla-Cristata-480x480.webp)
Pincushion Euphorbia
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
Height: Up to 20 centimeters
![Euphorbia franckiana](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Euphorbia-franckiana.jpg)
Spurge
Origin: South Africa
![Euphorbia fruticosa](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Euphorbia-fruticosa-480x480.jpg)
Spurge
Origin: Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
![Globose Spurge](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Euphorbia-globosa-7-480x480.jpg)
Globose Spurge
Origin: The parent species of these hybrid are native to South Africa (E. globosa × E. obesa).
Height: 10 to 20 centimeters
![Euphorbia heptagona](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Euphorbia-heptagona.jpg)
Canary Island Spurge
Origin: South Africa
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Euphorbia-horrida-480.jpg)
African Milk Barrel
Origin: South Africa
![Euphorbia horrida Monstrosa](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Euphorbia-horrida-Monstrosa-7-480x480.jpg)
African Milk Barrel
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![Euphorbia ingens](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Euphorbia-ingens-480x480.jpg)
Candelabra Tree
Origin: Tropical and subtropical Africa
![Euphorbia jansenvillensis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Euphorbia-jansenvillensis.jpg)
Spurge
Origin: South Africa
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Euphorbia-lactea-Cristata-480.jpg)
Elkhorn
Origin: Euphorbia lactea is native to India and Sri Lanka - possibly.
![Euphorbia lenewtonii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Euphorbia-lenewtonii-480x480.webp)
Spurge
Origin: Africa (Tanzania)
Height, habit: 10 to 20 centimeters, succulent subshrub
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Euphorbia-leuconeura-480.jpg)
Madagascar Jewel
Origin: Northern Madagascar
![Euphorbia magnifica](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Euphorbia-magnifica.jpg)
Canary Island Spurge
Origin: Tanzania
![Euphorbia mammillaris](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Euphorbia-mammillaris.jpg)
Corkscrew
Origin: South Africa
![Euphorbia mammillaris Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Euphorbia-mammillaris-Variegata.jpg)
Corkscrew
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Euphorbia-m.jpg)
Spurge
Origin: South Africa
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Euphorbia-myrsinites-480.jpg)
Myrtle Spurge
Origin: South Europe to Iran
![Euphorbia nivulia](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Euphorbia-nivulia-5-480x480.jpg)
Milk Hedge
Origin: Asia (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
Height: This succulent shrub can grow up to 9 meters high.
![Euphorbia pentagona](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Euphorbia-pentagona-480x480.jpg)
Spurge
Origin: South Africa
![Euphorbia polyacantha](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Euphorbia-polyacantha-480x480.webp)
Fish-Bone Euphorbia
Origin: Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen)
Height: Up to 1.5 Meters
![Euphorbia pseudocactus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Euphorbia.jpg)
Spurge
Origin: South Africa
![Euphorbia resinifera](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Euphorbia-resinifera-480x480.jpg)
Resin Spurge
Origin: Morocco
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Euphorbia.jpg)
Spurge
Origin: Kenya
![Euphorbia stellata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Euphorbia.jpg)
Spurge
Origin: South Africa
![Euphorbia tirucalli](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Euphorbia-tirucalli.jpg)
Firestick Plant
Origin: Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India
![Euphorbia triangularis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Euphorbia-triangularis-480x480.webp)
River Euphorbia, Chandelier-Tree
Origin: Southern Africa (Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa)
Height: Up to 10 Meters
![Euphorbia trigona](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Euphorbiatrigona-480x480.jpg)
African Milk Tree
Origin: Maybe tropical and subtropical Africa
![Faucaria tigrina](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Faucaria-tigrina.jpg)
Tiger's-Jaw
Origin: South Africa
![Fenestraria rhopalophylla ssp. aurantiaca](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Fenestraria-rhopalophylla-ssp.-aurantiaca-480x480.jpg)
Baby Toes
Origin: Africa (Namibia, South Africa)
Height: Up to 8 centimeters
![Ferocactus gracilis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Ferocactus-gracilis-1-480x480.jpg)
Fire Barrel Cactus
Origin: Mexico
![Ferocactus latispinus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ferocactus.jpg)
Devil's-Tongue Cactus
Origin: Mexico
![Ferocactus latispinus ssp spiralis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ferocactus-latispinus-ssp-spiralis-480x480.jpg)
Devil's-Tongue Cactus
Origin: Mexico
![Ferocactus horridus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Ferocactus-horridus-11-480x480.jpg)
Barrel Cactus
Origin: Mexico
![Frailea buenekeri](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Frailea-buenekeri-480x480.jpg)
Origin: Brazil
![Frithia pulchra](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Frithia.jpg)
Baby Toes
Origin: South Africa
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Gasteria-Little-Warty-480.jpg)
Origin: Only cultivated
![Gasteria disticha](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Gasteria-disticha-480x480.jpg)
Gasteria
Origin: South Africa
![Gasteria obliqua cv](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Gasteria-obliqua-cv-480x480.jpg)
Lawyer's Tongue
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![Gasteria gracilis Variegata 5](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Gasteria-gracilis-Variegata-5-480x480.jpg)
Origin: Only cultivated
![Gonialoe variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Gonialoe-variegata-480x480.jpg)
Tiger Aloe
Origin: Namibia, South Africa
![Graptopetalum bellum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Graptopetalum-Tacitus.jpg)
Chihuahua Flower
Origin: Mexico
![Graptopetalum paraguayense](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Graptopetalum.jpg)
Mother-of-Pearl-Plant
Origin: Mexico
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Gymnocalycium.jpg)
Chin Cactus
Origin: Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Gymnocalycium-baldianum-480.jpg)
Chin Cactus
Origin: Argentina
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Gymnocalycium.jpg)
Chin Cactus
![Gymnocalycium mihanovichii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Gymnocalycium.jpg)
Chin Cactus, Moon Cactus
Origin: Argentina, Paraguay
![Hatiora salicornioides](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Hatiora-salicornioides-1-480x480.jpg)
Easter Cactus
Origin: Brasil
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Hatiora-graeseri-480-480x480.jpg)
Easter Cactus
Origin: Only cultivated. The Members of the genus Hatiora are native to Brasil.
![Haworthia cooperi](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Haworthia-cooperi-480x480.jpg)
Origin: South Africa
![Haworthia cymbiformis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Haworthia-cymbiformis-1-480x480.jpg)
Haworthia
Origin: South Africa
![Haworthia cymbiformis Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Haworthia-cymbiformis-Variegata-480x480.jpg)
Window Haworthia
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![Haworthia reticulata Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Haworthia-reticulata-Variegata-6-480x480.jpg)
Haworthia
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![Haworthia truncata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Haworthia-truncata-480x480.jpg)
Horse's Teeth
Origin: South Africa
![Haworthiopsis attenuata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Haworthiopsis-attenuata-480x480.jpg)
Origin: South Africa
![Haworthiopsis attenuata Big Band](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Haworthiopsis-attenuata-Big-Band-480x480.jpg)
Zebra Haworthia
Origin: South Africa
![Haworthiopsis attenuata Enon](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Haworthiopsis-attenuata-Enon-4-480x480.jpg)
Zebra Haworthia
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![Haworthiopsis attenuata Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Haworthiopsis-attenuata-Variegata-480x480.jpg)
Zebra Haworthia
Origin: The wild type is native to South Africa.
![Haworthiopsis fasciata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Haworthiopsis-fasciata-7-480x480.jpg)
Zebra Haworthia
Origin: South Africa
![Haworthia limifolia](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Haworthia.jpg)
Origin: Mozambique to South Africa
![Hechtia sp.](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hechtia-sp.jpg)
Origin: The members of the genus Hechtia are native from Central to South America.
![Honckenya peploides](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Honckenya-peploides-480x480.jpg)
Sea Sandwort, Seabeach Sandwort
Origin: Asia, Europe, North America
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Hoya-kerrii-480.jpg)
Sweetheart Plant
Origin: Asia (China, Vietnam, Thailand and others)
![Hoya kerrii Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Hoya-kerrii-Variegata-480x480.jpg)
Sweetheart Plant
Origin: The wild type is native to Asia (China, Vietnam, Thailand and others).
![Hoya wayetii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hoya-wayetii-480x480.webp)
Waxflower
Origin: Southeast Asia (Philippines)
Height, habit: 40 to 100 centimeters, herbaceous plant
![Hoya wayetii Tricolor](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Hoya-wayetii-Tricolor-480x480.webp)
Waxflower
Origin: The wild type is native to Southeast Asia (Philippines)
Height, habit: 40 to 100 centimeters, herbaceous plant
![Huernia hystrix](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Huernia.jpg)
Carrion Flower
![Hydnophytum moseleyanum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Hydnophytum-moseleyanum-480x480.jpg)
Ant Plant
Origin: Asia (Philippines), Australia (Queensland)
![Hylocereus undatus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Hylocereus.jpg)
Pitahaya
Origin: Mexico and cultivated in other tropical or subtropical regions.
![Hylotelephium populifolium](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Hylotelephium-populifolium.jpg)
Stonecrop
Origin: Russia
![Hylotelephium sieboldii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Hylotelephium.jpg)
Japanese Stonecrop
Origin: China, Japan
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Hylotelephium-sieboldii-Mediovariegatum-480.jpg)
Japanese Stonecrop
Origin: The wild type is native to China and Japan.
![Hylotelephium spectabile](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Hylotelephium-spectabile-480x480.jpg)
Showy Stonecrop
Origin: China, Korea
![Hylotelephium spectabile Iceberg](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Hylotelephium-spectabile-Iceberg-480x480.webp)
Showy Stonecrop
Origin: The wild type is native to China and Korea.
Height: 30 to 50 centimeters
![Hylotelephium telephium Lajos](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Hylotelephium-telephium-Lajos-480x480.webp)
Orpine
Origin: The wild type is native to Asia and Europe.
![Hylotelephium telephium cv](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Hylotelephium-telephium-cv-480x480.jpg)
Orpine
Origin: The wild type is native to Asia and Europe.
![Jatropha podagrica](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1_Jatropha-podagrica-480x480.jpg)
Bottle Plant
Origin: Mexico to Nicaragua
![Kalanchoe beharensis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kalanchoe-beharensis-480x480.jpg)
Elephant's Ear Kalanchoe, Felt Bush
Origin: Madagascar
![Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Aurora](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Kalanchoe-blossfeldiana-Aurora-480x480.webp)
Flaming Katy, Christmas Kalanchoe, Florist Kalanchoe
Origin: The wild type is native to Madagascar.
Height: 20 to 30 centimeters
![christmas kalanchoe](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/christmas-kalanchoe-480x480.jpg)
Flaming Katy, Christmas Kalanchoe, Florist Kalanchoe
Origin: The wild type is native to Madagascar.
![Kalanchoe daigremontiana](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Kalanchoe-daigremontiana-480x480.jpg)
Mother of Thousands, Mother of Millions
Origin: Madagascar
![Kalanchoe delagoensis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Kalanchoe-delagoensis-480x480.jpg)
Mother of Thousands, Mother of Millions
Origin: Madagascar
![Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Kalanchoe-fedtschenkoi-Variegata-480x480.webp)
Lavender Scallops
Origin: The wild type is native to Madagascar
Height: 20 to 50 centimeters
![Kalanchoe humilis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kalanchoe-humilis-480x480.webp)
Tiger Kalanchoe
Origin: Africa (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania)
Height: 20 to 40 centimeters
![Kalanchoe longiflora](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Kalanchoe-longiflora.jpg)
Cliff-Kalanchoe, Long-Flower Kalanchoe
Origin: South Africa
![Kalanchoe orgyalis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kalanchoe-orgyalis-480x480.jpg)
Copper Spoons
Origin: Madagascar
![Kalanchoe pumila](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Kalanchoe-pumila.jpg)
Flower Dust Plant
Origin: Madagascar
![Kalanchoe scapigera](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Kalanchoe-scapigera-480x480.jpg)
Mealy Kalanchoe
Origin: Angola
![Kalanchoe thyrsiflora](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Kalanchoe-thyrsiflora-480x480.jpg)
Paddle Plant, Flapjacks
Origin: Africa (Botswana, South Africa)
Height: 30 to 50 centimeters, the flower stalk can grow up to one meter high.
![Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Kalanchoe-thyrsiflora-Variegata-480x480.jpg)
Paddle Plant, Flapjacks, Desert Cabbage
Origin: The wild type is native to Botswana and South Africa
Height: 30 to 50 centimeters, the flowering shoot can grow up to one meter high.
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Kalanchoe-tomentosa-480-1.jpg)
Panda Plant, Pussy Ears
Origin: Madagascar
![Kalanchoe tomentosa Chocolate Soldier 3](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Kalanchoe-tomentosa-Chocolate-Soldier-3-480x480.jpg)
Panda Plant, Pussy Ears
Origin: The wild type is native to Madagascar.
![Kleinia neriifolia](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Kleinia-neriifolia-480x480.webp)
Canary Islands Candle Plant
Origin: Canary Islands
Height, habit: Up to 3 meters, succulent shrub
![Kleinia patriciae](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Kleinia.jpg)
Origin: Tanzania
![Kleinia stapeliiformis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kleinia-stapeliiformis-2-480x480.jpg)
Pickle Plant, Candystick Plant
Origin: South Africa
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Lewisia-cotyledon-480.jpg)
Cliff Maids, Siskiyou Lewisia
Origin: The wild type is native to Oregon and California.
![Lewisia pygmaea](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Lewisia.jpg)
Alpine Lewisia, Pygmy Bitterroot
Origin: Canada, USA
![Lithops lesliei](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Lithops-lesliei.jpg)
Living Stones
Origin: South Africa
![Machairophyllum bijliae](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Machairophyllum-bijliae.jpg)
Origin: South Africa
![Mammillaria decipiens](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Mammillaria-decipiens-480x480.jpg)
Bird's Nest Pincushion
Origin: Mexico
![Mammillaria elongata Cristata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Mammillaria-elongata-Cristata-480x480.jpg)
Gold Lace Cactus, Ladyfinger Cactus
Origin: The wild type is native to Mexico.
Height: 10 to 15 centimeters
![Mammillaria hahniana](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mammillaria-hahniana-480x480.webp)
Old Lady Cactus, Old Lady Pincushion
Origin: Mexico (Guanajuato, Querétaro, Tamaulipas)
Height: Up to 25 centimeters in height, up to 50 centimeters in diameter
![Mammillaria spinosissima Un Pico](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Mammillaria-spinosissima-Un-Pico-480x480.webp)
Spiny Pincushion Cactus
Origin: The wild type is native to the Mexican provinces of Guerrero and Morelos.
Height: Up to 30 centimeters in height and up to 10 centimeters in diameter.
![Mammillaria vetula ssp gracilis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Mammillaria-vetula-ssp-gracilis-480x480.jpg)
Globe Cactus
Origin: Mexico
![Matucana madisoniorum 6](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Matucana-madisoniorum-6-480x480.jpg)
Origin: Peru
![Mediocalcar decoratum Variegatum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mediocalcar-decoratum-Variegatum-480x480.webp)
Origin: The wild type is native to New Guinea
Height: Up to 15 centimeters
![Myrtillocactus geometrizans](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Myrtillocactus-geometrizans-480x480.jpg)
Bilberry Cactus, Whortleberry Cactus, Blue Candle, Blue Flame
Origin: Mexico
![Opuntia elatior](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Opuntia-elatior-480x480.jpg)
Prickly Pear
![Opuntia ficus indica](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Opuntia-ficus-indica-480x480.jpg)
Prickly Pear, Indian Fig Opuntia, Barbary Fig
Origin: Probably Mexico
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Opuntia.jpg)
Eastern Prickly Pear, Indian Fig
Origin: Canada to Mexico
![Opuntia microdasys](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Opuntia-microdasys-3-480x480.jpg)
Bunny Ears, Bunny Cactus, Angel's-Wings
Origin: USA (Texas) to Mexico
![Opuntia microdasys Albata 1](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Opuntia-microdasys-Albata-1-480x480.jpg)
Bunny Ears, Bunny Cactus, Angel's-Wings
Origin: The wild type is native from USA (Texas) to Mexico.
![Opuntia microdasys Rufida 1](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Opuntia-microdasys-Rufida-1-480x480.jpg)
Bunny Ears, Bunny Cactus, Angel's-Wings
Origin: the wild type is native from USA (Texas) to Mexico
![Orbea semota](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Orbea-semota.jpg)
Carrion Plant
Origin: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania
![Orbea variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Orbea-variegata.jpg)
Carrion Plant
Origin: South Africa
![Oreocereus trollii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Oreocereus-trollii-480x480.jpg)
Old Man of the Andes Cactus
Origin: Argentinia, Bolivia
![Ornithogalum sardienii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Ornithogalum-sardienii.jpg)
Star-of-Bethlehem
Origin: South Africa
![Orostachys iwarenge](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Orostachys-iwarenge-3-480x480.jpg)
Chinese Dunce Cap
Origin: East Asia
![Oscularia deltoides 4](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Oscularia-deltoides-4-480x480.jpg)
Deltoid Leaved Dew Plant
Origin: South Africa
![Othonna triplinervia](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Othonna-triplinervia.jpg)
Baboon's Cabbage Bush
Origin: South Africa
![Oxalis carnosa](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Oxalis-carnosa-480x480.jpg)
Sorrel
Origin: Chile
![Pachycereus marginatus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Pachycereus-marginatus-480x480.jpg)
Mexican Fencepost Cactus
Origin: Mexico
![Pachycereus pringlei](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Pachycereus-pringlei-480x480.jpg)
Mexican Giant Cardon
Origin: Mexico
![Pachyphytum hookeri](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Pachyphytum-hookeri.jpg)
Moonstone
Origin: Mexico
![Pachyphytum kimnachii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pachyphytum-kimnachii-2-480x480.jpg)
Origin: Mexico
![Pachyphytum oviferum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Pachyphytum-oviferum-480x480.jpg)
Moonstone
Origin: Mexico
![Pachypodium geayi](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Pachypodium-geayi.jpg)
Madagascar Palm
Origin: Madagascar
![Pachypodium horombense](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Pachypodium-horombense.jpg)
Madagascar Palm
Origin: Madagascar
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Pachypodium-lamerei.jpg)
Madagascar Palm
Origin: Madagascar
![Pachypodium namaquanum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Pachypodium.jpg)
Halfmens, Elephant’s Trunk
Origin: Namibia, South Africa
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Pachypodium-saundersii-480.jpg)
Madagascar Palm
Origin: Africa
![Parodia mammulosa ssp submammulosa](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Parodia-mammulosa-ssp-submammulosa-480x480.jpg)
Tom Thumb Cactus
Origin: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
![Peperomia albovittata Rana Verde](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Peperomia-albovittata-Rana-Verde-480x480.jpg)
Radiator Plant
Origin: The wild type is native to South America (Ecuador).
Height: 10 to 25 centimeters
![Peperomia columella](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Peperomia-columella.jpg)
Radiator Plant
Origin: South America
![Peperomia dolabriformis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Peperomia-dolabriformis-480x480.jpg)
Prayer Pepper
Origin: Ecuador, Peru
![Peperomia ferreyrae](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Peperomia.jpg)
Radiator Plant
Origin: Peru
![Peperomia graveolens](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Peperomia-graveolens-480x480.jpg)
Ruby Glow Peperomia
Origin: South America (Ecuador, province El Oro)
![Peperomia maculosa](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Peperomia-maculosa-480x480.jpg)
Radiator Plant
Origin: South America
![Baby Rubberplant](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Baby-Rubberplant-480x480.jpg)
Baby Rubberplant
Origin: Peperomia obtusifolia is native to southern North America (Mexico, USA/Florida) and some South American countries.
Height: 10 to 50 centimeters
![Peperomia prostrata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Peperomia-prostrata-11-480x480.jpg)
String of Turtles
Origin: South America (Brazil)
Height: The stems can reach lengths of up to 50 centimeters.
![Peperomia prostrata Pepperspot](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Peperomia-prostrata-Pepperspot-480x480.jpg)
String of Turtles
Origin: The wild type is native to Brazil.
Height: The stems can reach lengths of up to 50 centimeters.
![Peperomia scandens Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Peperomia-scandens-Variegata-480x480.jpg)
Cupid Peperomia
Origin: The wild type is native to Central and South America.
Height: The creeping shoots can grow to over one meter in length.
![Peperomia wolfgang krahnii](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Peperomia-wolfgang-krahnii-480x480.webp)
Wolfgang Krahn's Peperomia
Origin: South America (Peru)
Height, habit: 10 to 30 centimeters, succulent sub-shrub
![Phedimus spurius Tricolor](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Phedimus-spurius-Tricolor-480x480.webp)
Caucasian Stonecrop
Origin: The wild type is native to Western Asia (Iran, Turkey) and the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia).
Height: 10 to 15 centimeters
![Phedimus spurius](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Phedimus-spurius-480x480.jpg)
Caucasian Stonecrop
Origin: The wild type is native to Western Asia (Iran, Turkey) and the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia).
Height: 10 to 15 centimeters
![Pleiospilos compactus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Pleiospilos-compactus-480x480.jpg)
Liver Plant
Origin: South Africa
![Polaskia chichipe](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Polaskia-chichipe-1-480x480.jpg)
Chichibe, Chichipe, Chichitun
Origin: Mexico
![Portulaca grandiflora](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Portulaca-grandiflora-480x480.jpg)
Rose Moss, Moss Rose Purslane, Moss Rose
Origin: The wild type is native to South America (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay).
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Portulaca-umbraticola-480.jpg)
Wingpod Purslane, Moss Roses
Origin: The wild type is native to North America and Mexico.
![Portulacaria afra](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Portulacaria-afra-480x480.webp)
Elephant Bush, Dwarf Jade
Origin: East Africa to South Africa
Height, habit: Up to 4 meters, succulent shrub or tree
![Portulacaria afra Mediopicta](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Portulacaria-afra-Mediopicta-480x480.webp)
Elephant Bush, Dwarf Jade
Origin: East Africa to South Africa (wild type)
Height, habit: Up to 4 meters, succulent shrub or tree
![Portulacaria afra Variegata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Portulacaria-afra-Variegata-480x480.webp)
Elephant Bush, Dwarf Jade
Origin: East Africa to South Africa (wild type)
Height, habit: Up to 4 meters, succulent shrub or tree
![Puya venusta](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Puya-venusta-480x480.webp)
Venusta Puya
Origin: South America (Chile)
Height, habit: 50 to 150 centimeters, herbaceous plant
![Rebutia Sunrise](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Rebutia-Sunrise-480x480.webp)
Crown Cactus
Origin: Rebutia heliosa and Rebutia pulvinosa ssp. albiflora are native to Bolivia.
Height: 4 to 8 centimeters
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Rebutia.jpg)
Origin: Bolivia
![Rebutia marsoneri](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Rebutia-marsoneri-480x480.webp)
Crown Cactus
Origin: South America (Argentina, Jujuy province)
Height: Up to 5 centimeters in height and up to 6 centimeters in diameter
![Rhipsalis cereuscula](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Rhipsalis.jpg)
Mistletoe Cactus
Origin: Brasil
![Rhipsalis clavata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Rhipsalis-clavata-480x480.jpg)
Mistletoe Cactus
Origin: South America (Brasil)
Height: The hanging shoots can reach lengths of over one meter.
![Rhipsalis crispata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Rhipsalis-crispata-480x480.jpg)
Mistletoe Cactus
Origin: Brasil
![Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Rhipsalis.jpg)
Mistletoe Cactus
Origin: Brasil
![Rhipsalis pilocarpa](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Rhipsalis.jpg)
Mistletoe Cactus
Origin: Brasil
![Schizobasis intricata](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Schizobasis-intricata-480x480.jpg)
African Climbing Onion
Origin: Tropical Africa (Ethiopia, Tanzania to South Africa)
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Schlumbergera-truncata-480-480x480.jpg)
Christmas Cactus
Origin: The wild type is native to Brasil.
![Sedum acre](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Sedum-acre-480x480.jpg)
Goldmoss Stonecrop
Origin: Europe
![White Stonecrop](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Sedum-album-17-480x480.jpg)
White Stonecrop
Origin: Asia (Caucasus, West Asia), Europe, North Africa
![Sedum album Athoum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Sedum-album-Athoum-8-480x480.jpg)
White Stonecrop
Origin: The wild type is native to Caucasus, West Asia, Europe and North Africa.
![Sedum burrito](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sedum-burrito-480x480.jpg)
Burro's Tail
Origin: Mexico
![Sedum compactum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Sedum-compactum.jpg)
Stonecrop
Origin: Mexico
![Sedum hybridum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Sedum.jpg)
Siberian Stonecrop
Origin: Russia to China
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sedum.jpg)
Needle Stonecrop
Origin: Sedum lineare is native to East Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan).
![Sedum makinoi](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Sedum-makinoi.jpg)
Sedum "Tornado"
Origin: Japan
![Sedum mocinianum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sedum-mocinianum-480x480.jpg)
Stonecrop
Origin: Mexico
![Sedum morganianum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Sedum-morganianum.jpg)
Burro's Tail
Origin: Mexico
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Sedum-nussbaumerianum-480.jpg)
Coppertone Stonecrop
Origin: Mexico
![Sedum oreganum Oregon Stonecrop](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Sedum-oreganum-Oregon-Stonecrop-480x480.webp)
Oregon Stonecrop
Origin: North America (Alaska to California)
![Sedum palmeri](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Sedum-palmeri-6-480x480.jpg)
Palmer's Stonecrop
Origin: Mexico
![Sedum rubrotinctum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Sedum-rubrotinctum.jpg)
Jelly Bean Plant
Origin: Mexico
![Sedum rupestre Angelina](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Sedum-rupestre-Angelina-480x480.jpg)
Reflexed Stonecrop
Origin: The wild type is native to Europe and Asia (Caucasus)
Height: 10 to 40 centimeters
![Sedum sediforme](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sedum-sediforme-480x480.jpg)
Stonecrop
Origin: Northern Africa, Western Asia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe
![Sedum spathulifolium Purpureum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sedum-spathulifolium-Purpureum-480x480.webp)
Colorado Stonecrop
Origin: The wild type is native to North America (Canada, USA)
Height: 10 to 20 centimeters
![Sempervivum arachnoideum](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Sempervivum.jpg)
Cobweb Houseleek
Origin: Alpine regions in Europe (Pyrenees, Carpathians)
![Sempervivum arachnoideum cv](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Sempervivum-arachnoideum-cv-480x480.webp)
Cobweb Houseleek
Origin: The wild type is native to Europe (Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Spain).
Height: Rosettes reach diameters of 2 to 4 centimeters, flower shoots can grow up to 15 centimeters high.
![Sempervivum calcareum Spinulifolium](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sempervivum-calcareum-Spinulifolium-480x480.webp)
Houseleek
Origin: The wild type is native to the French and Italian Alps
Height: The rosettes can reach diameters of up to 8 centimeters.
![Sempervivum tectorum cv](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sempervivum-tectorum-cv-480x480.jpg)
Common Houseleek
Origin: The wild type is native from Europe to Morocco (North Africa).
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Senecio-barbertonicus-480.jpg)
Senecio “Himalaya”, Barberton Groundsel
Origin: South Africa
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Senecio.jpg)
Vertical Leaf Senecio
Origin: Madagascar
![Senecio herreianus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Senecio-herreianus-7-480x480.jpg)
String of Beads
Origin: Africa (Namibia)
![Senecio kleiniiformis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Senecio-kleiniiformis-480x480.jpg)
Spear Head
Origin: Obscure, maybe South Africa or only cultivated.
![Senecio rowleyanus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Senecio-rowleyanus-480x480.jpg)
String of Pearls, String of Beads
Origin: South Africa
![Senecio serpens](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Senecio-serpens-1-480x480.jpg)
Blue Chalksticks
Origin: South Africa
![Sinocrassula yunnanensis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sinocrassula-yunnanensis-2-480x480.jpg)
Chinese Crassula
Origin: China (province Yunnan)
![Stapelia asterias](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Stapelia-asterias-480x480.jpg)
Carrion Plant
Origin: South Africa
![Stenocactus crispatus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Stenocactus-crispatus-480x480.jpg)
Cactus
Origin: Mexico
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Sulcorebutia-r.jpg)
Origin: Bolivia
![Phemeranthus calycinus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Phemeranthus-calycinus.jpg)
Fame Flower, Rock Pink
Origin: North America
![Tephrocactus articulatus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Tephrocactus-articulatus-480x480.webp)
Spruce Cone Cactus, Paper Spine Cholla Cactus
Origin: South America (Argentina)
Height: 50 to 120 centimeters
![Thelocactus bicolor](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Thelocactus-bicolor-480x480.jpg)
Straw Thelocactus, Glory of Texas
Origin: USA (Texas), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
![Thelocactus rinconensis](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Thelocactus-rinconensis-480x480.jpg)
Bird's-Nest Cactus
Origin: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León)
![Thelocactus setispinus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Thelocactus-setispinus-480x480.jpg)
Miniature Barrel Cactus, Hedgehog Cactus
Origin: USA (Texas), Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
![Titanopsis calcarea](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Titanopsis-calcarea.jpg)
Jewel Plant
Origin: South Africa
![Tylecodon schaeferianus](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Tylecodon.jpg)
Origin: South Africa
![yucca filamentosa](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/yucca-filamentosa.jpg)
Common Yucca, Adam's Needle
Origin: North America
![](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Yucca-gigantea-480.jpg)
Spineless Yucca, Soft-Tip Yucca
Origin: Mexico to South America (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama)
![Yucca rostrata 1](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Yucca-rostrata-1-480x480.jpg)
Beaked Yucca
Origin: USA (Texas), Mexico
![Graptoveria Silver Star](https://plantsam.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Graptoveria-Silver-Star.jpg)
Origin: None, cultivar. "Silverstar" is a crossing between Graptopetalum filiferum × Echeveria agavoides.