The crested shape of this succulent plant has a very particular fan-shaped crest, which will be different in each plant making each exemplar unique and unmistakable. In the normal form E. 'Champagne' has a rosette arrangement, with fleshy and lanceolate leaves and the epidermis of bluish-green color covered by a whitish plum that makes it opaque. With prolonged exposure to the sun the plant takes on pink shades that give it a touch of delicacy. At the end of summer its beautiful orange cluster flowers bloom.