Crassula alcicornis Schönland

Species

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Characteristics

Perennials with erect stems 60-120 mm high, usually unbranched. Leaves in 1(2) pairs, sessile, palmately lobed and individual lobes repeatedly divided, with main lobes 20-40 mm long and with bluntly acute apices, glabrous, scarcely fleshy, green. Inflorescence a terminal rounded thyrse with 5-merous flowers; peduncle 30-60 mm long. Calyx: lobes triangular-lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm long, rounded, glabrous, scarcely fleshy, green. Corolla tubular, scarcely fused at base, white often tinged pink; lobes lanceolate to elliptic, 2.5-3.5 mm long, bluntly acute, slightly recurved at apex. Stamens with brown anthers. Squamae oblong, 0.6-0.7 x 0.3-0.4 mm, with rounded apices and slightly broadened from the middle, slightly fleshy.
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Tuberous geophyte, 6-12 cm. Leaves opposite, in 1(2) pairs, palmatisect. Flowers in a rounded thyrse, tubular, white or pinkish, petals 2.5-3.5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.12
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Soil texture 7-8
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Germination luminosity light
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Images

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Distribution

Crassula alcicornis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:272949-1
WFO ID wfo-0000624776
COL ID Z734
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Septas alcicornis Crassula alcicornis