Species · genus Crassula · Crassulaceae

Jade Plant

Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce

Also known as: Baby Jade · Cauliflower-ears · Dollarplant · Jadeplant · Jadetree

Growth habit

succulent subshrub

Native range

Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal

Reference · C. ovata

Cultivars of C. ovata

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under C. ovata yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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A succulent subshrub from the arid Cape regions of South Africa, with thick water-storing leaves and stems built to endure drought. It wants gritty, fast-draining mix and a bright spot with several hours of direct sun. Water deeply only when the soil has dried out completely, checking that the leaves stay firm rather than shriveled — standing wet, it rots readily.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

10–27 °C

Soil mix

Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix

Propagation

Leaf or stem cuttings left to callus, then rooted

Fertilizing

Dilute succulent feed once or twice in the growing season

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Star-shaped white to pink clusters on mature plants in winter

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Jade plant — vomiting, depression, incoordination (ASPCA: principle unknown). This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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