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Crassula is a large genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of plants containing many species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
, including the popular Jade Plant
Jade plant

Commonly known as jade plant, friendship tree or Money Plant, Crassula ovata is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers....
, Crassula ovata. They are native to many parts of the globe, but cultivated varieties are almost exclusively from the Eastern Cape of South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
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Crassulas are usually propagated by stem or leaf cutting
Cutting

Cutting is the separation of a physical object, or a portion of a physical object, into two portions, through the application of an acutely directed force....
s. Most cultivated forms will tolerate some small degree of frost, but extremes of cold or heat will cause them to lose foliage and die.








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Crassula is a large genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of plants containing many species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
, including the popular Jade Plant
Jade plant

Commonly known as jade plant, friendship tree or Money Plant, Crassula ovata is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers....
, Crassula ovata. They are native to many parts of the globe, but cultivated varieties are almost exclusively from the Eastern Cape of South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
.

Crassulas are usually propagated by stem or leaf cutting
Cutting

Cutting is the separation of a physical object, or a portion of a physical object, into two portions, through the application of an acutely directed force....
s. Most cultivated forms will tolerate some small degree of frost, but extremes of cold or heat will cause them to lose foliage and die.

Selected species

  • Crassula alba
  • Crassula alpestris
  • Crassula aquatica
    Crassula aquatica

    Crassula aquatica is a succulent plant known by the common names water pygmyweed and common pygmyweed. It is a plant of salt marshes, vernal pools, wetlands, and other fresh to brackish water bodies....
     (Common Pigmyweed, Water Pygmyweed)
  • Crassula arborescens (Silver Dollar Plant, Beestebul)
  • Crassula ausensis
    • Crassula ausensis ssp. titanopsis
  • Crassula bakeri
  • Crassula barklyi (Rattlesnake Tail, Wurmplakkie)
  • Crassula capitella
    • Crassula capitella ssp. thyrsiflora (Aanteel-Poprosie)
  • Crassula clavata
  • Crassula coccinea
  • Crassula columella (Silinderplakkie)
  • Crassula columnaris (Koesnaatjie)
    Crassula Columnaris P1020356
    *Crassula colorata
    Crassula colorata

    Crassula colorata is an annual plant in the family Crassulaceae. The species is endemism to Australia, occurring in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria ....
     (Dense Stoncrop)
  • Crassula connata
    Crassula connata

    Crassula connata is a succulent plant known by the common names sand pygmyweed and pygmy stonecrop. It is a very small plant which grows in patches on the ground, especially in rocky areas....
     (Sand Pygmyweed)
  • Crassula corallina
    Crassula Lactea
    *Crassula cornuta
  • Crassula cultrata (Plakkiebos)
  • Crassula decidua (Norsveld Plakkie)
  • Crassula decumbens (Scilly Pigmyweed)
  • Crassula dejecta
  • Crassula deltoidea (Silver Beads, Gruisplakkie)
  • Crassula drummondii (Small-leaf Pygmyweed, Smallleaf Pygmyweed)
  • Crassula dubia
  • Crassula elegans (Elegant Crassula)
  • Crassula erosula
  • Crassula exilis
    • Crassula exilis ssp. sedifolia
  • Crassula falcata
  • Crassula garibina
  • Crassula gillii
    Crassula Nealeana
    *Crassula globularioides
  • Crassula helmsii
    Crassula helmsii

    Common namesSwamp Stonecrop, New Zealand Pigmyweed...
     (Swamp Stonecrop)
  • Crassula herrei
  • Crassula hirtipes
  • Crassula humbertii
  • Crassula hystrix
  • Crassula lactea (Taylor's Parches, Krysna Crassula)
  • Crassula longipes (Smallseed Pygmyweed)
  • Crassula marchandii
  • Crassula marnierana
  • Crassula mesembryanthemoides
  • Crassula mesembryanthemopsis
  • Crassula milfordiae
  • Crassula moschata
  • Crassula multicava
    Crassula multicava

    Crassula multicava is a Perennial plant succulent plant from the family Crassulaceae. It is also known under various common names including the fairy crassula, pitted crassula and London pride....
     (Fairy Crassula)
  • Crassula muscosa (Rattail Crassula, Watch Chain, Lizard's Tail, Zipper Plant)
  • Crassula namaquensis
    • Crassula namaquensis ssp. comptonii
  • Crassula nealeana
  • Crassula nudicaulis
    Crassula Nudicaulis Var Herrei
    **Crassula nudicaulis var. herrei
    • Crassula nudicaulis var. platyphylla
  • Crassula obovata
    • Crassula obovata var. dregeana
  • Crassula orbicularis
  • Crassula ovata (Jade Plant)
    • Crassula ovata var. cristata
  • Crassula parvisepala
  • Crassula pedicellosa
  • Crassula pellucida
    • Crassula pellucida var. marginalis
  • Crassula perfoliata
  • Crassula perforata (String of Buttons, Sosatieplakkie)
  • Crassula plegmatoides
  • Crassula pruinosa (Skurwemannetjie)
  • Crassula pubescens (Jersey Pigmyweed)
    • Crassula pubescens ssp. rattrayi
  • Crassula pyramidalis *Crassula radicans (Red Carpet)
  • Crassula rogersii
  • Crassula rupestris (Rosary Plant, Kebab Bush, Inrygertjie)
    • Crassula rupestris ssp. marnierana
  • Crassula saginoides (Wrinkle-seed Pygmyweed, Wrinkleseed Pygmyweed)
  • Crassula sarcocaulis (Bonsai Crassula)
  • Crassula sarmentosa
  • Crassula schmidtii
  • Crassula sericea
    • Crassula (sericea var. ) hottentotta
  • Crassula sieberiana (Siberian Pygmyweed)
  • Crassula socialis
  • Crassula solierii (Smoothseed Pygmyweed)
  • Crassula streyi *Crassula susannae
  • Crassula tecta
  • Crassula tetragona
    Crassula tetragona

    Crassula tetragona is a succulent plant native to Southern Africa. It is widely distributed from the Orange River boundary of Namaqualand to beyond the Kei River in the Eastern Cape....
  • Crassula tillaea
    Crassula tillaea

    Crassula tillaea is a succulent plant known by the common name moss pygmyweed. It is a small fleshy plant growing only a few centimeters in height....
     (Moss Pygmyweed)
  • Crassula viridis (Pricklyseed Pygmyweed
  • Crassula volkensii


Notable cultivar
Cultivar

A cultivar is a cultivated plant that has been selected and given a unique name because of its decorative or useful characteristics; it is usually distinct from similar plants and when Plant propagation it retains those characteristics....
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  • Crassula 'Buddha's Temple'
  • Crassula 'Coralita'
  • Crassula 'Dorothy'
  • Crassula 'Fallwood'
  • Crassula 'Ivory Pagoda'
  • Crassula 'Justus Corderoy'
  • Crassula 'Morgan's Beauty'
  • Crassula 'Tom Thumb'