Echeveria agavoides is a stemless succulent with a dense, usually solitary rosette of thick fleshy triangular leaves with a terminal spine. The rosette grows up to 30 cm in diameter. Leaves are apple green with edges that can turn reddish in bright sunlight.
Flowers appear in 4 to 6 cymes on slender, up to 30 cm long stalks with a few small bracts in spring and early summer. They are pinkish-red or orange with petals tipped with dark yellow.