Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Crassula ovata
Common name
Jade Plant
Family
Crassulaceae
Where found
Garden escape. North of Wollongong.
Notes
Introduced shrublike perennial herb to 1.5 m high. Stems and leaves fleshy. Leaves opposite each other, 2–4 cm long, 10–22 mm wide, green, often with red margins, the leaves of each pair united at the base to form a ridge round the stem, tips pointed or blunt with a distinct mucro. Flowers white tinged pink, with 5 petals each 5–10 mm long, shortly fused at the base. Flowers clustered. Flowers Jun.–Aug.
VICFLORA description: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/137ae901-de51-4e76-a902-e81b5b41113c (accessed 9 February 2021)
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