PLANTS Profile for Cotyledon orbiculata (pig's ear)

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PLANTS Profile

Cotyledon orbiculata L.
pig's ear

Symbol:

COOR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Crassulaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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More Information:

Distribution:
Cotyledon orbiculata L.


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Cotyledon orbiculata L.

View 18 genera in Crassulaceae, 2 species in Cotyledon or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Cotyledon orbiculata L. var. oblongata (Haw.) DC.. .

Cotyledon orbiculata var. oblongata
pig's ear

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Cotyledon orbiculata L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Crassulaceae – Stonecrop family
Genus	Cotyledon L. – pig's ear
Species	Cotyledon orbiculata L. – pig's ear

Introduced Information:
Cotyledon orbiculata L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Cotyledon orbiculata L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501655.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 03:52 PM CDT