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What’s your Echeveria?
Echeveria identification got you puzzled? Check out the pictures and identify it. In everyone’s collection of plants, there’s always at least one mystery plant.
Echeveria as a group seem to either be mis-identified with the wrong name on the tag, or unidentified with no tag at all. Still others are hand-me-alongs, from friends or family, or from garage sales.
Not sure that your plant is an Echeveria?Look at the succulent plant identification page.
I’ve bought new Echeveria from seemingly reputable growers or garden centers only to find when I start to research them that the tag is totally wrong.
Have you had the same experience?
And the ones that jump into your shopping cart at large box stores, well, they sometimes only have a tag that simply says ‘succulent plant’.
The main reason to identify your succulents and Echeveria is to care for them properly – learn how to grow Echeveria for best performance and growth.
Echeveria Identification 101 to the rescue!
Things to ask to identify your Echeveria:
- Where did you get it?
- What condition was it in?
- Has it ever bloomed?
- What conditions do you keep it in now?
The more information you have, the easier it is to identify your Echeveria.
Other Echeveria that had their owners puzzled…
See more about these intriguing and beautiful plants;
Are these Echiveria haagai and Echiveria sedoides?
Hi, please help to identify these 2 plants. From my search I have narrowed down on Echiveria haagai and Echiveria sedoides. But, looking for expert opinion. …
Plant identification
Name of this plant
need help with name of plant
new plant – looked like a jade but not and wondered about name
Is this a succulent
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Beautiful plant but no name
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Purple succulent
Brain – like growth on leaves
Help identify my succulent plant please
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Crested Echeveria
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What kind of succulent?
May I know what succulent is this? I bought this at the grocery store and there’s no label. It’s green colour is just marvelous on my office desk.
Help identifying my lovely succulent
Hello- I’ve had a succulent for quite some time and it’s a beauty but I’ve never been able to identify it! I think it’s an echevaria but I could be wrong. …
Unique Echeveria 🙂
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Succulent identification
I have a similar succulent as shows in the picture at home . I’ve been searching everywhere to find it’s name so I can do more research on my succulent’s …
Unknown succulent with pink/green leaves
I bought this succulent at a florist and it did not have any tags on it. At the bottom the leaves are green and at the top purple/pink. The leaves are …
Unidentified Succulent
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Unknown Succulent
Hi what is this succulent plant i have a ton of succulent and i just want to know what their proper names are
Red and green succulent plant needs to be identified
I’ve got this succulent plant which is about 8 inches tall. It has green leaves with red stripes on them. Could anybody help me to identify it?
What are these pls?
Hello. Im a newbie in taking care of succulents. I got some from our local garden store. They seem leggy and doesnt seem to have perfect rosettes. The …
Echiveria species?
They all look so similar that it’s hard for me to tell what kind it is.
Reddish tips
I love this plant and found it already beheaded and have been trying to figure out what it is.
Purple and green center, rosette type from Home Depot, label says succulent!
A large succulent, looks hardy. Dark purplish leaves with a bright green center. ID if you know! And thank you!
Waxy green leaves forming a rosette like an Echeveria
I bought this plant in a supermarket yesterday, mostly because I felt sorry for it. I find succulents beautiful just as nature intended. They don´t …
Don’t know what this could be…
It seems to spiral and it is kind of pointy… Not sure how to care for it or what it is.. Any ideas?
tall & thin green leafy succulent
I bought this plant last summer at a Sprout’s store in Santa Fe, NM. It hasn’t stopped growing yet. There are flowers at the top of each vine/branch, …
bright red (and unknown) echeveria
Saw this intensely red echeveria at Succulent Extravaganza at Succulent Gardens in Castroville, CA in Sept 2014. It was planted in the “Echeveria Extravaganza” …
Broad purplish-greenish, spaced out leaves
This plant has broad leaves that come together in the tiniest point at the ends. The leaves are significantly spaced apart on the stem and fall off at …
Small tubular succulent
Light to darker green short tubular “stalks”
It’s definitely an echeveria
It has thick green-purple rosette petals. When I bought it, it had a name on it but I don’t remember what it was >.< help?
Tall, skinny, purple/green alternating leaves
This guy is tall with broad, flat leaves. They come in purple when they’re new and eventually become green as they grow. Then they fall off. The stalk …
Light green succulent.
I received this little plant as a favor at a wedding. Someone told me it is a type of succulent and I was curious what type. I want to be able to keep …
Unknown purplish succulent from Trader Joe’s
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Unidentified echeveria?
Smooth rosette about the size of my palm; grey/green with slight rosiness at the edges.
Please help!
Honestly, I LOVE this plant more than any other plant I have ever grown! I really would love to learn what kind it is so I can learn more about it! …
New succulent with initially narrow leaves which broaden…
I just bought this today but when I asked what the name was the person working there drew a blank. I looked through the identification archives but found …
Slightly curly echeveria
I purchased this plant recently from a reputable nursery, but it was labeled only “echeveria.” I’ve looked at many photos of echeverias, but I haven’t …
Possible Echeveria Curly Locks?
Hi, I live in Denver, CO and have a plant I got at a garden center and either they didn’t include the plant name or it disappeared when I replanted …
whitish succulent with broad flatish leaves
I just got this succulent at the grocery store. It looks like it has variegated coloring. It is next to a small jade plant (I believe that one is a Crosby’s …
Dark green and light green leaves, pink towards the stem
I bought this small succulent at some store. The leaves at the bottom are dark green, and the leaves towards the top are light green. The leaves are a …
Unidentified Succulent from Ikea
I got this little succulent from ikea a few days ago. The label just says “succulent”. It looks similar to some of the categories on here but I’m not completely …
What is this big, bright green succulent with the red edges??
Love it but don’t know what it is. Thanks very much, Michael Hi Michael, that looks like one of the many gorgeous Echeveria that are around. There …
I think I have a Sempervivum however it seems to behave differently
Hi, I was given this plant 2 years ago, it was a sad looking thing, a rosette in the middle, two long droopy fronds, and two more rosettes dangling from …
Clueless on what it is and how to take care of it…
I am certain that it is a succulent plant but what type? It’s leaves are very chunky and the leaves have some sort of white on it which wipes off if …
4 unknowns
Hi! We have had these four succulents for awhile. I purchased them without any identification and haven’t had any luck finding them online. Hoping you …
No idea what this is!
I don’t know much about plants in general. This succulent seems to have red tips and a stem with buds that may possibly flower? The stem also has small …
echeveria runyonii or glauca?
Rescued from a pot of similar succulents, this came to me as a tiny 8cm tall castaway and grew to the size photographed (about 14cm wide) after about a …
ID plant and gardening help
Bought from someone at a crafts fair. Was told to water it once a week and give it lots of sun, so I kept it inside on the window sill. It has smooth …
Similar to “Jade” ?
Somewhat teardrop shaped leaves, but with a point where it should be round. Appears to maybe be upside down? Growing straight out of the ground, not …
reminds me of Hens and chicks
Bluish plant with small pink flowers. I hope I attached this picture correctly. Hi Pamela, your pictures came through perfectly! This is a plant that …
New addition to my succulent collection
Hello Jackie. I am reposting these pictures since my computer is not uploading the right way. I love this succulent from Homedepot. I have kept it …
Purple and green-based spatulate “leafs” with tiny spikes, and woody stalk
I would simply like to identify and understand this plant a bit more… I bought it recently from a local market in Tel Aviv, but the owner wasn’t able …
3 different succulents
I need help identifying these. Please help. Hi Edina, again, these are Echeveria; from the back, this is Echeveria Curlylocks , one of my all time …
Flat, dark, large leaves…purplish tips.
Help. I have looked online but there are so many and I wanted to get a definitive answer. This is a huge fellow the nursery said took 10 years to get this …
Green with reddish tips
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succulent with almost gall like growth on the leaves
I am trying to identify for a friend. All I have is the picture Drought Smart Plants reply: Hi Tim, you have an interesting specimen of Echeveria. …
What kind of succulent is this?
I bought this plant from a nursery and forgot to ask how to care for it, or even what plant it is. Identification and care instructions would be great! …
Unknown common plant
This is a common-ish looking plant, looking like one of the several pictured ion this site, but I’m not sure which one it is, which I think may be affecting …
Looks just like red leaf lettuce…
I wish I had a picture of this plant to share but I only saw it while visiting a friend in San Pedro, CA at night in poor lighting and didn’t have a camera …
fat, round leaves
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looks like echeveria pulvinata but not furry…
I bought this plant about three years ago at a home depot or kohls in California… sadly, it withered away after a few weeks because I didn’t know how …
fleshy leaves in spirals
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Tropical Plant?
I got this plant from a local nursery. It was classified as a tropical plant. It was doing very well when I purchased it. The nursery tech repotted the …
Leaning, wide-leafed succulent with long stalk
This succulent was given to me, half in the grave. The main stalk grows high, and is tipping over, and the stalk looks brown at the base. The leaves …
8″ low growing sky blue succulent
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Succulent Plant?
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Light green leaves with pink-tinted edges
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Green velvety succulent
It is completely green, with velvety leaves. It stared out close to the ground when I got it, and has since grown to be about 5 inches tall. I’ve had it …
Ten inches tall, broad leaf, looks like growths on the ends of the leafs.
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What is this succulent?
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My baby needs HELP!
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‘Hen & Chick’? ‘Echeveria’? I have no clue!
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A tall echeveria perhaps?
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Mystery Succulent (to me, at least)
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Mysterious Echeveria
Hey there. I found your site very impressive, I was wondering if you could help me- I’m on the hunt. I’m looking for a type of Echeveria (I think). …
Purple and Green Succulent Plant
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A Bouquet
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Plant from Sunny Southern California
This plant is rooted in gravel and has beautiful purple to green leaves with some copper mixed in. Warty flesh. I only have the one photo. Picture was …
Another unknown succulent
I’ve put another plant that I need help identifying – do you know what it is?
It is so beautiful!! And so unique
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Greenish-blue rosette
It is a rosette blueish-green. It grew two long stems with flowers, bell shaped. Pink in the outside Yellow on the inside. It is starting to grow another …
Another set for ID
HI, Here are 3 more to be identified if you can help me,i think the one on the right is Pachyphytum oviferum,the other might be an Echeveria species but …
Mystery Chain Store Succulents
Hi, Bought these succulents from a chain store a few days ago. The only written information was: succulent mix. Can you help me please ID them. …
Succulent Plant without an identity
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looks like a jade plant
This plant looks like a jade plant, leaves fall off, have ‘air roots’ I remember there was some warning that said it was poison.
Monstrose Echeveria or what?
This looks like a clump of leaves with a similar form to an Echeveria or other rosette forming succulent plant, and now appears to be trying to revert …
Silver succulents – what on earth???
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Echeveria?
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I want more of these but don’t know what it is.
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Help identify, please
I bought this Echeveria last spring, but have lost the tag. Several have said it is ‘shaviana’, some have said ‘runyoni’, and others have said ‘lauii …
Mystery succulent
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what type Echeveria is this?
Im pretty sure this is an Echeveria species, just from what I’ve been able to research online so far. I bought it a few days ago and the soil was pretty …
Calvin
Well, I bought Calvin at Home Depot for about two dollars today (February 13) with no tag. His leaves are a silvery green, getting more silver as you go …
