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The Lithops species directory.

A curated catalog of every accepted Lithops species, plus three of the most-grown cultivars. Filter by visual type, color, difficulty, and flower color, or search by name.

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Lithops aucampiae — coppery body with dendritic window markings
Red/BrownBeginner

Lithops aucampiae

Aucamp's living stone

Forgiving, copper-toned, and one of the best Lithops for a beginner.

Lithops bromfieldii — rusty-red body with dendritic window markings
Patterned-windowIntermediate

Lithops bromfieldii

Bromfield's living stone

Rusty-red bodies with deep dendritic patterning across the windows.

Lithops coleorum — small olive-green clump in mineral substrate (AI reference)
Rare/CollectorAdvanced

Lithops coleorum

Cole's living stone

One of the most recently described species — small, olive, and uncommon.

Lithops comptonii — grey-green stone-like bodies in quartz gravel (AI reference)
Grey/GreenIntermediate

Lithops comptonii

Compton's living stone

A winter-rainfall species — flips the watering calendar on its head.

Lithops dinteri (C206) — brown body with characteristic red rubrications
Patterned-windowIntermediate

Lithops dinteri

Dinter's living stone

Brown-bodied with conspicuous red dots scattered across the windows.

Lithops divergens — elongated divergent lobes (AI reference)
Grey/GreenAdvanced

Lithops divergens

Diverging living stone

An unusually elongated body with deeply divergent lobes.

Lithops dorotheae — cream body with vivid red rubrications (AI reference)
Patterned-windowBeginner

Lithops dorotheae

Dorothy's living stone

Cream and yellow-toned windows with bright red dots — a collector favorite.

Lithops francisci — small grey-tan body with reticulated window (AI reference)
Rare/CollectorAdvanced

Lithops francisci

Francis's living stone

Small grey bodies with finely reticulated window patterns.

Lithops fulviceps — tawny orange-brown body
Solid-colorBeginner

Lithops fulviceps

Tawny living stone

Warm orange-tan bodies — one of the easier species and widely available.

Lithops gesinae — reddish-brown body with fine dark window markings (AI reference)
Rare/CollectorAdvanced

Lithops gesinae

Gesine's living stone

Reddish-brown bodies with subtle window patterns.

Lithops geyeri — pale grey-green body with faint window markings (AI reference)
Grey/GreenIntermediate

Lithops geyeri

Geyer's living stone

Hard-to-find species from the arid Richtersveld region.

Lithops gracilidelineata — pale ivory body with fine engraved dark lines
Patterned-windowIntermediate

Lithops gracilidelineata

Slender-lined living stone

Pale, almost porcelain body etched with fine, hair-thin dark lines.

Lithops hallii — coppery brown body with reticulated window
Patterned-windowBeginner

Lithops hallii

Hall's living stone

Reliable and variable — heavily patterned windows, often coppery toned.

Lithops helmutii — grey-green body with translucent windows (AI reference)
Grey/GreenIntermediate

Lithops helmutii

Helmut's living stone

Translucent grey-green windows — a winter-rainfall jewel.

Lithops hermetica — pale grey-brown body with nearly closed window (AI reference)
Solid-colorAdvanced

Lithops hermetica

Hermetic living stone

One of the most recently described species — closed-window appearance.

Lithops herrei — compact grey body half-buried in quartz pebbles (AI reference)
Grey/GreenIntermediate

Lithops herrei

Herre's living stone

Grey-toned plants from one of the driest corners of southern Africa.

Lithops hookeri cv. 'Annarosa' — large rusty-pink body with reticulated window
Patterned-windowBeginner

Lithops hookeri

Hooker's living stone

Large, robust, and highly variable — one of the genus's classic 'big' species.

Lithops julii — pale body with the characteristic dark 'kissing-lips' cleft line
Patterned-windowBeginner

Lithops julii

Julia's living stone

Grey to pinkish bodies with the characteristic 'kissing-lips' dark lip line.

Lithops karasmontana — chalky cream body with rust-red brain-like window furrows
Patterned-windowBeginner

Lithops karasmontana

Karasberg living stone · Mountain Lithops

A large, classic-looking Lithops with chalky-cream tops and rusty, brain-like windows.

Lithops karasmontana 'Top Red' — saturated brick-red window furrows on chalky body
Red/BrownBeginner

Lithops karasmontana'Top Red'

Top Red karasmontana

A widely propagated red-windowed selection of L. karasmontana.

Lithops lesliei var. venteri — fine dendritic red-brown veining across the window
Patterned-windowBeginner

Lithops lesliei

Leslie's living stone

The single most widespread Lithops species — many subspecies and named forms.

Lithops lesliei cultivar with intense ember-red windows
Red/BrownBeginner

Lithops lesliei'Fred's Redhead'

Fred's Redhead

Selected cultivar of L. lesliei with intense brick-red windows.

Lithops localis — small clumping grey-green heads in low cushion (AI reference)
Grey/GreenIntermediate

Lithops localis

Terricolor · Local living stone

Small clumping species — the original 'terricolor' of horticulture.

Lithops marmorata — pale grey body with marbled dark window patterning
Patterned-windowBeginner

Lithops marmorata

Marbled living stone

Pale grey bodies with marbled, vein-like dark patterning across the windows.

Lithops meyeri — pale grey-green body with sunken windows (AI reference)
Grey/GreenIntermediate

Lithops meyeri

Meyer's living stone

Grey-green body with sunken windows — a winter-rainfall species.

Lithops naureeniae — olive-green body with subtle window patterning (AI reference)
Rare/CollectorAdvanced

Lithops naureeniae

Naureen's living stone

Olive to greyish bodies — uncommon in collections.

Lithops olivacea — rounded green body with speckled window pattern
Solid-colorIntermediate

Lithops olivacea

Olive living stone

Clean olive-green windows — among the most striking 'green' Lithops.

Lithops optica — ear-shaped lobes with translucent windows
Solid-colorIntermediate

Lithops optica

Optical living stone

The species behind the famous 'Rubra' cultivar — ear-shaped lobes, translucent windows.

Lithops optica 'Rubra' — translucent wine-red ear-shaped lobes (AI reference)
Solid-colorAdvanced

Lithops optica'Rubra'

Red optica · Ruby living stone

A purple-red mutant of the green coastal optica — small, slow, and famously fussy.

Lithops otzeniana — grey body with large broken-island window pattern (AI reference)
Patterned-windowIntermediate

Lithops otzeniana

Otzen's living stone

Grey body with large, broken islands of color across the windows.

Lithops pseudotruncatella — grey body with finely lined window
Patterned-windowBeginner

Lithops pseudotruncatella

False truncate living stone

Widespread Namibian species with finely lined or dotted windows.

Lithops ruschiorum — near-white pale cream body with subtle markings (AI reference)
Solid-colorIntermediate

Lithops ruschiorum

Rusch's living stone

Striking near-white bodies — among the palest of all Lithops.

Lithops salicola — grey-green body with dark irregular window markings
Patterned-windowBeginner

Lithops salicola

Salt-dweller living stone

Probably the most forgiving Lithops in cultivation — a true beginner's species.

Lithops schwantesii — cream/ochre body with variable dark window patterns (AI reference)
Patterned-windowIntermediate

Lithops schwantesii

Schwantes's living stone

Cream to ochre bodies with extremely variable window markings.

Lithops terricolor — smooth green body covered in fine dusky dots
Grey/GreenIntermediate

Lithops terricolor

Earth-colored living stone

Earth-toned clumping species closely related to L. localis.

Lithops vallis-mariae — pale cream body with fine dark window network (AI reference)
Patterned-windowIntermediate

Lithops vallis-mariae

Maria's Valley living stone

Pale cream bodies with fine, network-like dark markings.

Lithops verruculosa — pinkish body with characteristic raised tubercles (AI reference)
Patterned-windowIntermediate

Lithops verruculosa

Warty living stone

Recognizable by tiny raised 'warts' across the window surface.

Lithops villetii — pale grey body with pinkish cast and sparse markings (AI reference)
Grey/GreenIntermediate

Lithops villetii

Villet's living stone

Pale grey bodies with subtle windows — a quieter member of the genus.

Lithops viridis — genuinely green body with limited markings (AI reference)
Solid-colorIntermediate

Lithops viridis

Green living stone

One of the truly green-bodied Lithops — distinctive and uncommon.

Lithops werneri — very small dwarf brown body in fine gravel (AI reference)
Rare/CollectorAdvanced

Lithops werneri

Werner's living stone

Small, uncommon, and prized by collectors of dwarf Lithops.