Echeveria is native to arid or semi-desert areas, while Alopecurus creticus is.
 It is common across temperate and subtropical parts of Eurasia, northern Africa, and the Americas, as well as naturalized in Australia and on various islands. 
Echeveria is a large genus of flowering plants in the Crassulaceae family, native to semi-desert areas of Central America, Mexico and northwestern South America. 
Alopecurus creticus, the Cretan meadow foxtail, is a species of foxtail grass. 
