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.
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.
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.
and anything else that may help identify it. Other visitors to this site may be able to help with identification, and post a comment about it. The more information you can give, the easier it is to identify your Echeveria.
Upload up to four pictures of your unknown Echeveria and I'll try and find out what it is.
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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 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 ...
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 ...
What is this succulent?
Could you please let me know the name of this succulent?
Drought Smart Plants reply:
Hi Faye, this looks to be one of the Echeveria hybrids that ...
My baby needs HELP!
I purchased these at a local walmart on the clearance. I thought I could give it some love and bring back to life.
When I purchased these the tag did ...
Roger the Echeveria
I've got a curious "echeveria" type plant.
I got it a year and a half ago when it was only a small rosette that was about 1.5 inches tall and 1.5 ...
'Hen & Chick'? 'Echeveria'? I have no clue!
This plant came from another local store, labeled as a 'Succulent' but with no further information.
I have looked and looked and I can just assume that ...
Mystery Succulent (to me, at least)
I am trying to figure out what kind of plant this is, so I can properly care for it. I got it as a gift and it didn't come with a name. Clearly, from the ...
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).
It ...
A Bouquet
I wanted to tell you that this site put a huge smile on my
face. I bought a cute Echeveria Haagai Tolimanensis at Lowes a few years ago and by some miracle ...
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
the leaves are light-ish green bordered with pink and almost a blue. Long stems grow from the base. The stems are pink and grow (at least mine are)over ...
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 ...
Please help me identify these Succulents
I got these at a southern homes and gardens store in May. When I got it it was ok, it was almost lime green and had some dead leaves.
It has never ...
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
Anyone know the name of this succulent plant? I bought it last year on a flea market for 2USD and this year a large stem with pink orange yellow flowers ...
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.
Silver succulents - what on earth???
Hi! I have two silver succulents are very strange. They're supposed to be the same plant, and were labeled the same when I bought them.
I thought ...
Echeveria?
I bought one of these for my mother for mother's day from the local Target store. In a year or two it had made several new plants which she gave to her ...
I want more of these but don't know what it is.
This was given to me by a neighbor who doesn't know what it is either. I want to keep it indoors. Long, thick, light green leaves
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 ...
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 ...
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
i just bought this new friend at meijer today. i'm new to succulents and loving them more every day. the label simply said "echeveria" and, so far, i haven'...
Succulent with very tall flower stalk
We have an unidentified succulent that sprouted a very tall (24") slender flower stalk that has small pink flowers. Any idea what this is?
Drought ...
spear shaped leaves
About four inches tall with a greenish purple stem and one and a half inch long spear shaped leaves.
The plant was free but it didn't have a name. In ...
fleshy leaves in spirals
Stalk about 7cm long, 0.7cm wide, brown and quite woody. Smaller stalks off-shooting from this main stalk. These lead to clumps of fleshy leaves in spirals...
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
Survives any conditions except frost, hundreds of small fleshy globules up to half centimeter in size, thickly bunched. later in season will throw up ...
Succulent Plant?
Succulent Plant?
Drought Smart Plants reply:
Many plants are succulent plants - it is a catch all phrase simply meaning a plant with fleshy ...
Light green leaves with pink-tinted edges
This plant has a four inch tall stalk that is about half an inch wide. The leaves fan out from the stalk radially, and stretch up toward the sun. The leaves ...
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 ...
Bright green and red, with yellow flowers
Flower-like leaves, with lots of flowers too.
Drought Smart Plants reply:
This appears to be some type of Echeveria, based on the form of the ...
Help me identify
I received the plant from a friend who had no clue how to grow them. She was slowly killing all her plants and gave them to me to save them.
When ...
it is an echeveria - but not sure which sort
It has green / grey leaves and a long stalk with pink / orange flower at the end.
Drought Smart Plants reply:
Hi Annette, it's definitely an ...
A tall echeveria perhaps?
Bought this little guy about a year ago, and has almost doubled in height on our kitchen windowsill since then. It seems to be sprouting new little leaves ...
Purple and Green Succulent Plant
Please can you tell me what kind of succulent this plant is and it's name?
It has two long stems and it's leaves are dark green with a red line around ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mystery succulent
I adopted 5 of these plants and would like to know their name to properly care for them. As it is, most already have brown spots.
Thick fleshy tender ...