Henry Shaw Cactus Society - Common Cacti and Succulents

Henry Shaw
Cactus Society
A CSSA Chapter
St. Louis, Missouri
www.hscactus.org
info@hscactus.org

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The contents of the following list is reprinted with permission from "Cacti & Succulents," a fact sheet available from the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Garden for a small charge.

Kemper Center for Home Gardening
At Missouri Botanical Garden
4344 Shaw Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
314-577-9440

Common Cacti and Succulents
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

[ Cacti and Succulents as House Plants ]