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Crassulaceae

Subfamily Crassuloideae

Subfamily Kalanchoideae

Subfamily Sempervivoideae

W/C = Wild Collected
Crassula arborescens Willd.

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

  • Country of Origin: east of Ouberg Pass, Western Cape, S. Africa
  • Habitat: succulent shrub on rocky hillside

  • 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 # 200600045
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: locality: M.R. Opel 231, east of Ouberg Pass, Western Cape, S. Africa
    succulent shrub on rocky hillside with Crassula perforata, Aloe sp., Euphorbia cf. mauritanica
  • Accession Date: 05-18-2006
  • Bench: 2202 - XER:Madagascar Spiny Thicket B
  • Qty: 3 confirmed on 10-26-2009
Classification:

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