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Chinese jade (Sinocrassula yunnanensis)

Description

Sinocrassula yunnanensis is a small perennial, rosette succulent up to 4 inches (10 cm) tall, that can eventually develops into dense clumps, whose half- round leaves are flattened on the upper side, end in a sharp tip, and have finely papillous hair. The rosettes are up to 1.4 inches (3.5 cm) in diameter. The plant is monocarpic, the individual rosette blooms only once, then dies, replaced by the close ones. At flowering time the rosette lengthen in a richly branched inflorescence up to 4 inches (10 cm) long. The flowers are small and white.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Tracheophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Saxifragales

            • Family: Crassulaceae

              • Genus: Sinocrassula