Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce
Jade plant, spoon jade
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4/6/2011 · Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland · ≈ 1 × 1½′ (34 × 52 cm) 
4/6/2011 · Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) 
4/6/2011 · Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland · ≈ 1 × 1½′ (34 × 52 cm) 
Possibly the ‘Coral’ cultvar · 2/3/2024 · Heather and Katie's, Holbrook, Massachusetts 
Bonsai. · 12/12/2016 · Bonsai West, Littleton, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Rosales | Rose family and eight others |
| Family | Crassulaceae | Succulents that store water in leaves |
| Genus | Crassula | From the Latin crassus, “thick,” referring to the fleshy leaves |
| Species | ovata | Indicates that the leaves or some other feature of the plant are ovate-shaped |
Crassula ovata description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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