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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