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Plant Identification
Week 7
Jade Plant
Crassula argentea
• Erect, succulent tree-shaped
shrub
• Heavily branched, thick, fleshy
stems
• Fleshy, opposite, elliptic,
glossy leaves
• Star-shaped, white/pale-pink
flowers are born on terminal,
inflorescence
Florist’s cyclamen
Cyclamen x persicum cv.
• Foliage and flowers emerge on
stalks from tuberous bulb
• Slightly rounded heart-shaped,
dark green leaves sometimes
with silver markings and toothed
margins
• Flowers with wide petals that
may be frilled or twisted are
born on slender, dark stalks with
flowers standing about foliage
• Colors – Pink, red, white, salmon,
purple, magenta, some with dark
throats
Cymbidium Orchid
Cymbidium cv.
• Long, thin, arching,
medium-green leaves
emerge from the
psuedobulbs
• Multiple flower bearing
spikes
• Flowers come in all shades
except blue and true red
Carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus cv.
• Long, erect stems with short,
thin, leathery, blue-green leaves
• Large, round, double flowers up
to 3 inches in width
• Colors- white, shades of pink,
orange, red, yellow, purple, and
many combinations of colors
• Some varieties may have very
fringed petals and may be
fragrant