Native Succulents by States

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California Native Succulent Types

Showcasing California’s native succulents, perfectly adapted to the Golden State’s diverse climates.

Abrams’ Liveforever
Dudleya abramsii

Aloe Yucca
Yucca aloifolia

Applegate Stonecrop
Sedum oblanceolatum

Aquatic Pygmyweed
Crassula aquatica

Arizona Chalk Dudleya
Dudleya arizonica

Baby Burro’s Tail
Sedum burrito

🍌 Banana Yucca
Yucca baccata

Banner Dudleya
Dudleya alainae

Beaked Yucca
Yucca rostrata

Bigelow’s Nolina
Nolina bigelovii

Bitterroot
Lewisia rediviva

Black-Spined Agave
Agave macroacantha

Blochman’s Dudleya
Dudleya blochmaniae

Bluff 🥬 Lettuce
Dudleya farinosa

Broad-Leaved Stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium

🦋 Butterfly Agave
Agave potatorum

Candleholder Dudleya
Dudleya candelabrum

Cantelow’s Lewisia
Lewisia cantelovii

Canyon Creek Stonecrop
Sedum paradisum

Canyon Liveforever
Dudleya cymosa

Caribbean Agave
Agave angustifolia

Chalk Dudleya
Dudleya pulverulenta

Chaparral Nolina
Nolina cismontana

Chaparral Yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei

Chenille Plush Plant
Echeveria pulvinata

Cliff Maids
Lewisia cotyledon

Coast Dudleya
Dudleya caespitosa

Coast Range Stonecrop
Sedum radiatum

Cockerell’s Stonecrop
Sedum cockerellii

Common Yucca
Yucca filamentosa

Conejo Liveforever
Dudleya parva

Congdon’s Lewisia
Lewisia congdonii

Coppertone Stonecrop
Sedum adolphi

Cream Stonecrop
Sedum oregonense

Davidson’s Stonecrop
Sedum niveum

Dehesa Nolina
Nolina interrata

🏜️ Desert Agave
Agave deserti

Dwarf Lewisia
Lewisia pygmaea

Dwarf 🌲 Tree Stonecrop
Sedum oxypetalum

Dwarf Yucca
Yucca harrimaniae

Eastern Joshua 🌲 Tree
Yucca jaegeriana

False Sisal
Agave decipiens

🪶 Feather River Stonecrop
Sedum albomarginatum

Fingertips
Dudleya edulis

Glandular Lewisia
Lewisia glandulosa

Great Plains Yucca
Yucca glauca

Green Liveforever
Dudleya virens

Greene’s Dudleya
Dudleya greenei

Jellybeans
Sedum pachyphyllum

Kellogg’s Lewisia
Lewisia kelloggii

Laguna Beach Liveforever
Dudleya stolonifera

Lake County Stonecrop
Sedella leiocarpa

Lanceleaf Liveforever
Dudleya lanceolata

Lanceleaf Stonecrop
Sedum lanceolatum

Lesser Mexican-Stonecrop
Sedum kimnachii

Little Pygmyweed
Crassula solieri

Long-Petaled Lewisia
Lewisia longipetala

Many-Stemmed Dudleya
Dudleya multicaulis

Metallic Echeveria
Echeveria gibbiflora

Mexican Snowball
Echeveria elegans

Mexican Stonecrop
Sedum mexicanum

Mitis Century Plant
Agave mitis

Mojave Yucca
Yucca schidigera

Moundlily Yucca
Yucca gloriosa

Mount Hamilton Mock Stonecrop
Sedella pentandra

Munchkin Dudleya
Dudleya gnoma

Nevada Lewisia
Lewisia nevadensis

🐙 Octopus Agave
Agave vilmoriniana

Opposite-Leaved Lewisia
Lewisia oppositifolia

Oregon Stonecrop
Sedum oreganum

Pale-Yellow Stonecrop
Sedum flavidum

Palmer’s Dudleya
Dudleya palmeri

Palmer’s Sedum
Sedum palmeri

Panamint Liveforever
Dudleya saxosa

Parry’s Agave
Agave parryi

Parry’s Nolina
Nolina parryi

Pulido’s Echeveria
Echeveria pulidonis

Pulque Agave
Agave atrovirens

Pulque Agave
Agave salmiana

Quill-leaf Lewisia
Lewisia leeana

Red Mountain Stonecrop
Sedum eastwoodiae

🌹 Roseflower Stonecrop
Sedum laxum

San Gabriel Mountains Dudleya
Dudleya densiflora

Sand Pygmyweed
Crassula connata

Santa Barbara Island Dudleya
Dudleya traskiae

Santa Cruz Island Dudleya
Dudleya nesiotica

Shaw’s Agave
Agave shawii

Short-Leaved Liveforever
Dudleya brevifolia

Short-Sepaled Lewisia
Lewisia brachycalyx

Sierra Mock Stonecrop
Sedella pumila

Sierra Stonecrop
Sedum obtusatum

Simple 🏜️ Desert Agave
Agave simplex

Smooth Agave
Agave desmettiana

🧼 Soaptree Yucca
Yucca elata

Spanish 🗡️ Dagger
Yucca treculiana

Spineless Yucca
Yucca gigantea

Stebbins’ Lewisia
Lewisia stebbinsii

Sticky Dudleya
Dudleya viscida

🦢 Swan-Neck Agave
Agave attenuata

Tapertip Liveforever
Dudleya attenuata

Tequila Agave
Agave tequilana

The Eddys Stonecrop
Sedum kiersteadiae

Thorn-Crested Agave
Agave lophantha

🧵 Thread Agave
Agave filifera

Threeleaf Lewisia
Lewisia triphylla

Torrey’s Yucca
Yucca torreyi

🌲 Tree Stonecrop
Sedum dendroideum

Utah Agave
Agave utahensis

Variegated Liveforever
Dudleya variegata

Verity’s Dudleya
Dudleya verityi

Weak-Leaf Yucca
Yucca flaccida

Weber’s Century Plant
Agave weberi

Western Joshua 🌲 Tree
Yucca brevifolia

Western Roseroot
Rhodiola integrifolia

🐋 Whale’s 👅 Tongue Agave
Agave ovatifolia

Wormleaf Stonecrop
Sedum stenopetalum

Yellow Stonecrop
Sedum nuttallii

Yosemite Lewisia
Lewisia disepala

 

Florida Native Succulent Types

Discover Florida’s native succulents: drought-tolerant, salt-loving, and perfectly suited for tropical and coastal gardens.]

👶 Baby Rubber Plant
Peperomia obtusifolia

Gulf Croton
Croton punctatus

Pink Purslane
Portulaca pilosa

Prickly 🍎 Apple 🌵 Cactus
Harrisia aboriginum

Seaside Purslane
Sesuvium portulacastrum

Simpsons Prickly Apple 🌵 Cactus
Harrisia simpsonii

 

Texas Native Succulent Types

Explore Texas-native succulents, hardy plants thriving in the Lone Star State’s rugged beauty.

Allicoche 🦔 Hedgehog
Echinocereus papillosus

Aquatic Pygmyweed
Crassula aquatica

Arborescent Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia leucotricha

Arizona ✏️ Pencil Cholla
Cylindropuntia arbuscula

Arizona Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia arizonica

Beach Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia anahuacensis

Berlandier’s 🦔 Hedgehog
Echinocereus berlandieri

Big Bend Club-Cholla
Grusonia aggeria

Big Bend Foxtail 🌵 Cactus
Escobaria dasyacantha

Black-Spined Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia macrocentra

Blind Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia rufida

Blue Myrtle 🌵 Cactus
Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Boke’s Button 🌵 Cactus
Epithelantha bokei

Brittle Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia fragilis

Brown-Spined Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia phaeacantha

Bunched Cory 🌵 Cactus
Coryphantha ramillosa

Button 🌵 Cactus
Epithelantha micromeris

🕯️ Candle Cholla 🌵 Cactus
Cylindropuntia kleiniae

Carolina Prickly 🍐 Pear 🌵 Cactus
Opuntia tunoidea

Carpet Foxtail 🌵 Cactus
Escobaria sneedii

⛓️ Chain-Fruit Cholla
Cylindropuntia fulgida

Chain 🔗 Link Cholla
Cylindropuntia cholla

Chaparral Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia oricola

Chautle Livingrock
Ariocarpus fissuratus

Chihuahuan Beehive
Cochemiea conoidea

Chihuahuan Fishhook 🌵 Cactus
Glandulicactus uncinatus

Chisos Mountain 🦔 Hedgehog 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus chisosensis

Chisos Mountain
Opuntia chisosensis

🎄 Christmas Cholla
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Coastal Stonecrop
Lenophyllum texanum

Cochineal Nopal 🌵 Cactus
Opuntia cochenillifera

Cockerell’s Stonecrop
Sedum cockerellii

Column Foxtail 🌵 Cactus
Escobaria albicolumnaria

Coppertone Stonecrop
Sedum adolphi

Creeping 🌵 Cactus
Opuntia drummondii

Dark-Spined Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia atrispina

Davis’ Cholla
Cylindropuntia davisii

Davis’ 🦔 Hedgehog 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus davisii

Decumbens 🌵 Cactus
Opuntia decumbens

🏜️ Desert Savior
Echeveria strictiflora

😈 Devil’s Head
Echinocactus horizonthalonius

Duncan’s Foxtail 🌵 Cactus
Escobaria duncanii

Eastern Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia cespitosa

El Paso Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia arenaria

Emory’s Barrel 🌵 Cactus
Ferocactus emoryi

Engelmann’s Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia engelmannii

Erect Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia dillenii

Fishhook 🛢️ Barrel 🌵 Cactus
Ferocactus wislizeni

Glory of Texas
Thelocactus bicolor

Golden Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia aurea

Golden-Spine 🦔 Hedgehog 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus neocapillus

Golden-Spined Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia aureispina

Graham’s Club-Cholla
Grusonia grahamii

Graham’s Nipple 🌵 Cactus
Cochemiea grahamii

Grassland Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia cymochila

Graybeard 🦔 Hedgehog 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus canus

Green Cockscomb
Sedum praealtum

Gregg’s Nightblooming Cereus
Peniocereus greggii

Grooved Nipple 🌵 Cactus
Coryphantha sulcata

Hester’s Corycactus
Escobaria hesteri

🐎 Horse Crippler 🌵 Cactus
Homalocephala texensis

Indian Fig Opuntia
Opuntia ficus-indica

Junior Tom Thumb 🌵 Cactus
Escobaria emskoetteriana

Lace 🦔 Hedgehog 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus reichenbachii

Lace-Spine Nipple 🌵 Cactus
Mammillaria lasiacantha

Ladyfinger 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus pentalophus

Little Nipple 🌵 Cactus
Mammillaria heyderi

Little Nipple 🌵 Cactus
Mammillaria meiacantha

Long-Tubercled Cory 🌵 Cactus
Coryphantha robustispina

Longmamma Nipple 🌵 Cactus
Mammillaria sphaerica

Low Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia humifusa

Mariposa 🌵 Cactus
Echinomastus mariposensis

Mexican Stonecrop
Sedum mexicanum

Miller’s Green Pitaya
Echinocereus milleri

Miniature 🛢️ Barrel 🌵 Cactus
Hamatocactus setispinus

Missouri Foxtail 🌵 Cactus
Escobaria missouriensis

Nellie Corycactus
Escobaria minima

Nipple Beehive 🌵 Cactus
Coryphantha macromeris

Nopal Tapón
Opuntia robusta

Palmer’s Sedum
Sedum palmeri

🥞 Pancake Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia chlorotica

Paperspine Fishhook 🌵 Cactus
Sclerocactus papyracanthus

Peyote
Lophophora williamsii

🌸 Pinkflower 🦔 Hedgehog 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus fendleri

Plains Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia polyacantha

Pott’s Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia pottsii

Prairie Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia macrorhiza

Purple Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia azurea

Rat-Tail Nipple 🌵 Cactus
Mammillaria pottsii

Red Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia lasiacantha

🦏 Rhinoceros 🌵 Cactus
Coryphantha echinus

Russet 🦔 Hedgehog 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus russanthus

Sand Dollar 🌵 Cactus
Astrophytum asterias

Santa Rita Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia santa-rita

Scarlet 🦔 Hedgehog 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus coccineus

Scheer’s Fishhook 🌵 Cactus
Ancistrocactus scheeri

Schott Club-Cholla
Grusonia schottii

Shell Mound Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia stricta

Shorthook Fishhook 🌵 Cactus
Ancistrocactus brevihamatus

Silver Cluster 🌵 Cactus
Mammillaria prolifera

Southeastern Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia mesacantha

Spiny Fruit Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia spinosibacca

Spinystar
Escobaria vivipara

🍓 Strawberry
Echinocereus enneacanthus

🍓 Strawberry 🦔 Hedgehog 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus stramineus

Sweet Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia dulcis

Texas Blue Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia cacanapa

Texas Plains Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia alta

Texas Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia lindheimeri

Texas 🌈 Rainbow 🌵 Cactus
Echinocereus dasyacanthus

Thistle Cholla
Cylindropuntia tunicata

Topsy Turvy
Echeveria runyonii

🌲 Tree Cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata

Triangle 🌵 Cactus
Acanthocereus tetragonus

Trichophora 🌵 Cactus
Opuntia trichophora

🌷 Tulip Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia camanchica

Turk’s Head
Hamatocactus hamatacanthus

Twist-Spined Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia tortispina

Vine-Like Moonlight 🌵 Cactus
Selenicereus spinulosus

Warnock’s 🌵 Cactus
Echinomastus warnockii

Western Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia orbiculata

Whitecolumn Foxtail 🌵 Cactus
Escobaria tuberculosa

Widow’s-Cross
Sedum pulchellum

Woollyjoint Prickly 🍐 Pear
Opuntia tomentosa

Woven-Spine 🍍 Pineapple
Echinomastus intertextus

Wright’s Stonecrop
Sedum wrightii

Yellow Stonecrop
Sedum nuttallii

 

Native Plant Societies by State

Every state and region has unique native plants. Below is a list of native plant societies that can help answer your questions and guide you to local resources. Here’s a list of 43 local organizations: