Native Succulents by States
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
๐ 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 ๐ฅฌ Lettuce
Dudleya farinosa
Broad-Leaved Stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
๐ฆ 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
Cockerellโs 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
๐๏ธ Desert Agave
Agave deserti
Dwarf Lewisia
Lewisia pygmaea
Dwarf ๐ฒ Tree Stonecrop
Sedum oxypetalum
Dwarf Yucca
Yucca harrimaniae
Eastern Joshua ๐ฒ Tree
Yucca jaegeriana
False Sisal
Agave decipiens
๐ชถ 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
๐ 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
๐น 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 ๐๏ธ Desert Agave
Agave simplex
Smooth Agave
Agave desmettiana
๐งผ Soaptree Yucca
Yucca elata
Spanish ๐ก๏ธ Dagger
Yucca treculiana
Spineless Yucca
Yucca gigantea
Stebbins’ Lewisia
Lewisia stebbinsii
Sticky Dudleya
Dudleya viscida
๐ฆข Swan-Neck Agave
Agave attenuata
Tapertip Liveforever
Dudleya attenuata
Tequila Agave
Agave tequilana
The Eddys Stonecrop
Sedum kiersteadiae
Thorn-Crested Agave
Agave lophantha
๐งต Thread Agave
Agave filifera
Threeleaf Lewisia
Lewisia triphylla
Torrey’s Yucca
Yucca torreyi
๐ฒ 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 ๐ฒ Tree
Yucca brevifolia
Western Roseroot
Rhodiola integrifolia
๐ Whale’s ๐
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.
๐ถ Baby Rubber Plant
Peperomia obtusifolia
Gulf Croton
Croton punctatus
Pink Purslane
Portulaca pilosa
Prickly ๐ Apple ๐ต Cactus
Harrisia aboriginum
Seaside Purslane
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Simpsons Prickly Apple ๐ต Cactus
Harrisia simpsonii
Texas Native Succulent Types
Explore Texas-native succulents, hardy plants thriving in the Lone Star State’s rugged beauty.
Allicoche ๐ฆ Hedgehog
Echinocereus papillosus
Aquatic Pygmyweed
Crassula aquatica
Arborescent Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia leucotricha
Arizona โ๏ธ Pencil Cholla
Cylindropuntia arbuscula
Arizona Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia arizonica
Beach Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia anahuacensis
Berlandier’s ๐ฆ Hedgehog
Echinocereus berlandieri
Big Bend Club-Cholla
Grusonia aggeria
Big Bend Foxtail ๐ต Cactus
Escobaria dasyacantha
Black-Spined Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia macrocentra
Blind Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia rufida
Blue Myrtle ๐ต Cactus
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Boke’s Button ๐ต Cactus
Epithelantha bokei
Brittle Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia fragilis
Brown-Spined Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia phaeacantha
Bunched Cory ๐ต Cactus
Coryphantha ramillosa
Button ๐ต Cactus
Epithelantha micromeris
๐ฏ๏ธ Candle Cholla ๐ต Cactus
Cylindropuntia kleiniae
Carolina Prickly ๐ Pear ๐ต Cactus
Opuntia tunoidea
Carpet Foxtail ๐ต Cactus
Escobaria sneedii
โ๏ธ Chain-Fruit Cholla
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Chain ๐ Link Cholla
Cylindropuntia cholla
Chaparral Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia oricola
Chautle Livingrock
Ariocarpus fissuratus
Chihuahuan Beehive
Cochemiea conoidea
Chihuahuan Fishhook ๐ต Cactus
Glandulicactus uncinatus
Chisos Mountain ๐ฆ Hedgehog ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus chisosensis
Chisos Mountain
Opuntia chisosensis
๐ Christmas Cholla
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Coastal Stonecrop
Lenophyllum texanum
Cochineal Nopal ๐ต Cactus
Opuntia cochenillifera
Cockerellโs Stonecrop
Sedum cockerellii
Column Foxtail ๐ต Cactus
Escobaria albicolumnaria
Coppertone Stonecrop
Sedum adolphi
Creeping ๐ต Cactus
Opuntia drummondii
Dark-Spined Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia atrispina
Davis’ Cholla
Cylindropuntia davisii
Davis’ ๐ฆ Hedgehog ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus davisii
Decumbens ๐ต Cactus
Opuntia decumbens
๐๏ธ Desert Savior
Echeveria strictiflora
๐ Devil’s Head
Echinocactus horizonthalonius
Duncan’s Foxtail ๐ต Cactus
Escobaria duncanii
Eastern Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia cespitosa
El Paso Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia arenaria
Emory’s Barrel ๐ต Cactus
Ferocactus emoryi
Engelmann’s Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia engelmannii
Erect Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia dillenii
Fishhook ๐ข๏ธ Barrel ๐ต Cactus
Ferocactus wislizeni
Glory of Texas
Thelocactus bicolor
Golden Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia aurea
Golden-Spine ๐ฆ Hedgehog ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus neocapillus
Golden-Spined Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia aureispina
Graham’s Club-Cholla
Grusonia grahamii
Graham’s Nipple ๐ต Cactus
Cochemiea grahamii
Grassland Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia cymochila
Graybeard ๐ฆ Hedgehog ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus canus
Green Cockscomb
Sedum praealtum
Gregg’s Nightblooming Cereus
Peniocereus greggii
Grooved Nipple ๐ต Cactus
Coryphantha sulcata
Hester’s Corycactus
Escobaria hesteri
๐ Horse Crippler ๐ต Cactus
Homalocephala texensis
Indian Fig Opuntia
Opuntia ficus-indica
Junior Tom Thumb ๐ต Cactus
Escobaria emskoetteriana
Lace ๐ฆ Hedgehog ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus reichenbachii
Lace-Spine Nipple ๐ต Cactus
Mammillaria lasiacantha
Ladyfinger ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus pentalophus
Little Nipple ๐ต Cactus
Mammillaria heyderi
Little Nipple ๐ต Cactus
Mammillaria meiacantha
Long-Tubercled Cory ๐ต Cactus
Coryphantha robustispina
Longmamma Nipple ๐ต Cactus
Mammillaria sphaerica
Low Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia humifusa
Mariposa ๐ต Cactus
Echinomastus mariposensis
Mexican Stonecrop
Sedum mexicanum
Miller’s Green Pitaya
Echinocereus milleri
Miniature ๐ข๏ธ Barrel ๐ต Cactus
Hamatocactus setispinus
Missouri Foxtail ๐ต Cactus
Escobaria missouriensis
Nellie Corycactus
Escobaria minima
Nipple Beehive ๐ต Cactus
Coryphantha macromeris
Nopal Tapรณn
Opuntia robusta
Palmer’s Sedum
Sedum palmeri
๐ฅ Pancake Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia chlorotica
Paperspine Fishhook ๐ต Cactus
Sclerocactus papyracanthus
Peyote
Lophophora williamsii
๐ธ Pinkflower ๐ฆ Hedgehog ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus fendleri
Plains Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia polyacantha
Pott’s Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia pottsii
Prairie Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia macrorhiza
Purple Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia azurea
Rat-Tail Nipple ๐ต Cactus
Mammillaria pottsii
Red Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia lasiacantha
๐ฆ Rhinoceros ๐ต Cactus
Coryphantha echinus
Russet ๐ฆ Hedgehog ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus russanthus
Sand Dollar ๐ต Cactus
Astrophytum asterias
Santa Rita Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia santa-rita
Scarlet ๐ฆ Hedgehog ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus coccineus
Scheer’s Fishhook ๐ต Cactus
Ancistrocactus scheeri
Schott Club-Cholla
Grusonia schottii
Shell Mound Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia stricta
Shorthook Fishhook ๐ต Cactus
Ancistrocactus brevihamatus
Silver Cluster ๐ต Cactus
Mammillaria prolifera
Southeastern Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia mesacantha
Spiny Fruit Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia spinosibacca
Spinystar
Escobaria vivipara
๐ Strawberry
Echinocereus enneacanthus
๐ Strawberry ๐ฆ Hedgehog ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus stramineus
Sweet Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia dulcis
Texas Blue Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia cacanapa
Texas Plains Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia alta
Texas Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia lindheimeri
Texas ๐ Rainbow ๐ต Cactus
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Thistle Cholla
Cylindropuntia tunicata
Topsy Turvy
Echeveria runyonii
๐ฒ Tree Cholla
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Triangle ๐ต Cactus
Acanthocereus tetragonus
Trichophora ๐ต Cactus
Opuntia trichophora
๐ท Tulip Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia camanchica
Turk’s Head
Hamatocactus hamatacanthus
Twist-Spined Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia tortispina
Vine-Like Moonlight ๐ต Cactus
Selenicereus spinulosus
Warnock’s ๐ต Cactus
Echinomastus warnockii
Western Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia orbiculata
Whitecolumn Foxtail ๐ต Cactus
Escobaria tuberculosa
Widow’s-Cross
Sedum pulchellum
Woollyjoint Prickly ๐ Pear
Opuntia tomentosa
Woven-Spine ๐ 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:
- Alaska Native Plant Society (AKNPS) since 1982
- Arizona Native Plant Society (AZNPS) since 1976
- Arkansas Native Plant Society (ANPS) since 1980
- California Native Plant Society (CNPS) since 1965
- Colorado Native Plant Society (CoNPS) since 1976
- Connecticut Botanical Society (CBS) since 1903 (wow ๐ฎ that’s old!)
- Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) since 1980
- Georgia Native Plant Society (GNPS) since 1994
- Native Hawaiian Plant Society (NHPS) since 1980
- Idaho Native Plant Society (INPS) since 1989
- Illinois Native Plant Society (INPS) since 1982
- Indiana Native Plant Society (INPS) since 1993
- Iowa Native Plant Society (INPS) since 1995
- Kansas Native Plant Society (KNPS) since 2004
- Kentucky Native Plant Society (KNPS) since 1986
- Louisiana Native Plant Society (LNPS) since 1983
- Maryland Native Plant Society (MNPS) since 1992
- Wildflower Association of Michigan (WAM) since 1986
- Minnesota Native Plant Society (MNNPS) since 1982
- Mississippi Native Plant Society (MNPS) since 1980
- Missouri Native Plant Society (MONPS) since 1979
- Montana Native Plant Society (MNPS) since 1987
- Nebraska Native Plant Society (NENPS) since 2007
- Nevada Native Plant Society (NNPS) since 1975
- Native Plant Society of New Mexico (NPSNM) since 1976
- New York Flora Association (NYFA) since 1990
- North Carolina Native Plant Society (NCNPS) since 1951
- Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio (NPSNEO) since 1982
- Oklahoma Native Plant Society (ONPS) since 1987
- Native Plant Society of Oregon (NPSO) since 1961
- Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania (BSWP) since 1886 (dang ๐คฏ that’s two centuries ago!)
- Rhode Island Wild Plant Society (RIWPS) since 1987
- South Carolina Native Plant Society (SCNPS) since 1996
- Great Plains Native Plant Society (GPNPS) since 1984
- Tennessee Native Plant Society (TNPS) since 1977
- Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) since 1980
- Utah Native Plant Society (UNPS) since 1978
- Virginia Native Plant Society (VNPS) since 1982
- Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) since 1976
- West Virginia Native Plant Society (WVNPS) since 1931
- Botanical Club of Wisconsin (BCW) since 1968
- Wyoming Native Plant Society (WYNPS) since 1981
