CRASSULA

SPRING 2019

CRASSULA ALSO KNOWN AS PIGMYWEEDS IS A GENUS OF SUCCULENT PLANTS CONTAINING ABOUT 200 ACCEPTED SPECIES, INCLUDING THE POPULAR JADE PLANT. THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE STONECROP FAMILY AND ARE NATIVE TO MANY PARTS OF THE GLOBE, BUT CULTIVATED VARIETIES ORIGINATE EXCLUSIVELY FROM SPECIES FROM THE EASTERN CAPE OF SOUTH AFRICA. NATIVE TO THE CAPE PROVINCES AND KWAZULU-NATALIN SOUTH AFRICA. THE NAME CRASSULA COMES FROM THE LATIN, MEANING THICK, REFERRING TO THE THICKENING OF THE SUCCULENT LEAVES.

SCIENTIFIC NAME: CRASSULA PERFORATA

KINGOM: PLANTAE

ORDER: SAXIFRAGALES

FAMILY: CRASSULACEAE

GENUS: CRASSULA