Scientific Name: Crassula ovata
Common Name: jade plant
Family Name: Crassulaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant, Succulent or Cacti
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading, Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Succulent, Glabrous, Obovate, Entire
Flowers: Cyme, White, Pink, Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr-Dec
Fruit: Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Purple, Red, May-Jun
Key ID Features:
Highly branched succulent with with short woody stems; leaves obovate, 3-5cm long x 1-3cm wide x 2-4mm thick, apex rounded, margin entire, nearly sessile.