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Crassulaceae

Subfamily Crassuloideae

Subfamily Kalanchoideae

Subfamily Sempervivoideae

Crassula arborescens Willd.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Silver Jade Plant, Silver Dollar
  • Family: Crassulaceae DC.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa (Cape Province)
  • Habitat: Little Karoo to Hex River Valley

  • Description: Section Anacampseroideae
    Subsection Latifoliae

    [syn. Crassula cotyledon Jacq.]

    Shrub to 4m high with cylindrical branches; grey-green leaves to 7 cm long with red margins; whitish-pink flowers.

  • USDA Zone: 9-11
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501126
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1312 - Crassulaceae
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-17-2007
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Saxifragales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Crassulaceae
  • SubFamily: Crassuloideae
  • Tribe:
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References:

Succulents, The Illustrated Dictionary, Sajeva & Costanzo, 1994 Court, Doreen, Succulent flora of Southern Africa, A.A. Balkema, 1981

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