Common Cacti & Succulents
The contents of the following list is reprinted with permission from “Cacti & Succulents,” a fact sheet available through the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Kemper Center for Home Gardening at Missouri Botanical Garden
4344 Shaw Blvd. – St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
314-577-5143
The following cacti and succulents are commonly used as house plants.
Common Name – Scientific Name
- Torch Plant – Aloe aristata
- Tiger Aloe – Aloe variegata
- Star Cactus – Astrophytum spp.
- Old Man Cactus – Cephalocereus spp.
- Hedge Cactus – Cereus spp.
- Rosary Vine – Ceropegia woodii
- Cleistocactus – Cleistocactus spp.
- Jade Plant – Crassula portulacea, Crassula argentea
- Mexican Firecracker – Echeveria elegans
- Barrel Cactus – Echinocactus spp.
- Rainbow Cactus – Echinocereus dasyacanthus
- Easter Lily Cactus – Echinopisi spp.
- Crown of Thorns – Euphorbia spp.
- Tiger Jaws – Faucaria spp.
- Spider Cactus – Gymnoclaycium denudatum
- Kalanchoe – Kalanchoe spp.
- Living Stones – Lithops spp.
- Cob Cactus – Lobivia spp.
- Old Lady Cactus – Mammillaria spp.
- Snowball Cactus – Mammillaria bocasana
- Silver Cluster Cactus – Mammillaria prolifera
- Rose Pincushion – Mammillaria zeilmanniana
- Prickly Pear – Opuntia microdasys
- Moonstones – Pachypjytum spp.
- Parodia – Parodia spp.
- Crown Cactus – Rebutia spp.
- Chain Cactus – Rhiphsalis spp.
- Stonecrop – Sedium spp.
- Donkey’s Tail – Sedum morganianum
- String of Beads – Senecio rowleyanus