Accession Data
Crassula arborescens
Common Name: Silver Dollar Plant
Family: Crassulaceae
Synonym(s): Crassula cotyledon Jacq.
Country of Origin: east of Ouberg Pass, Western Cape, S. Africa
Description: Shrub to 4m high with cylindrical branches; grey-green leaves to 7 cm long with red margins; whitish-pink flowers.
Uses: The roots are eaten in Swaziland, and the plant is used in folk remedies for epilepsy.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 9-11
Accession #: 200600045
Accession Date: 2006-05-18 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2202
Quantity: 3
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
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
SubFamily: Crassuloideae
Flowering Data:
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References
- PlantZAfrica
- The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 25 October 2013).
- Crassula arborescens at Wikispecies. Retrieved 17:15, October 25, 2013
- Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Diego Delso [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
- Crassulacean Acid Metabolism at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
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