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Succulent plant. Succulent plants have thickened stems, or leaves, such as this Aloe. In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word succulent comes from the Latin word sucus, meaning "juice" or "sap". [1]
Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens. [2][3] It has many common names, including rose moss, [4] eleven o'clock, [3] Mexican rose, [3] moss rose, [3] sun rose, [5] table rose, [citation needed] rock rose, [5 ...
Kalanchoe daigremontiana. Kalanchoe daigremontiana, formerly known as Bryophyllum daigremontianum and commonly called mother of thousands, alligator plant or Mexican hat plant, is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. Like other members of Bryophyllum (now included in the genus Kalanchoe), [1] it can propagate vegetatively from plantlets that ...
Euphorbia is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the family Euphorbiaceae. Euphorbias range from tiny annual plants to large and long-lived trees. [2] with perhaps the tallest being Euphorbia ampliphylla at 30 m (98 ft) or more. [3][4] The genus has roughly 2,000 members, [5][6] making it one of the ...
Groundcover: Delosperma (Delosperma), also known as ice plant, is a low-growing succulent with flowers that appear from spring to fall in brilliant neon colors, including hot pink, orange, and purple.
Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. They avoid being eaten by herbivores with their camouflage as small stones, and are often known as pebble plants or living stones. "Lithops" is both the genus name and the common name, and is singular as well as plural.
Sedum is a genus that includes annual, biennial, and perennial herbs. They are characterised by succulent leaves and stems. [2] The extent of morphological diversity and homoplasy make it impossible to characterise Sedum phenotypicaly.
Crassula is a genus of succulent plants containing about 200 accepted species, including the popular jade plant (Crassula ovata). [1] They are members of the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae) and are native to many parts of the globe, but cultivated varieties originate almost exclusively from species from the Eastern Cape of South Africa. [2][3]