Also known as Moonstones or Sugar Almond Plant. A small to medium-sized, slow-growing Mexican member of the succulent family Crassulaceae. It has characteristic loose rosettes with ‘silvery globe’ leaves. It grows in both shrub-forming and almost stemless rosettes and eventually forms dense clumps to between 20cm and 25cm tall and 30cm in diameter. Produces cerise coloured flowers in early spring. Plant in a sunny position where soils are free-draining.