Visual split

  • Echeveria (e.g., Echeveria elegans): flat rosettes; powdery farina common; leaves bruise with touch.
  • Haworthiopsis fasciata: upright V-shaped rosette; white zebra bands; tolerates lower light than many rosette types.
  • Aeonium: rosettes on woody stems; leaves often glossier; stems branch into bouquets.

Common confusion

Gasteria has thick, tonguelike leaves and mottling; hybrids with Haworthia exist (Gasterhaworthia).

Care snapshot

Bright-indirect light for all; protect farina on Echeveria; avoid water sitting in dense rosettes.