Crassula barklyi N.E.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Crassula

Characteristics

Perennials with erect or rarely decumbent stems 50-90 mm long, branching usually from lower parts of stems. Leaves transversely depressed-ovate, 3-4 x 10-15 mm, patelliform and tightly clasping, with membranous margins (c. 1-2 mm broad) and with a dense fringe of erect, rarely slightly recurved cilia, green to grey-brown. Inflorescence a terminal cymose capitulum partly hidden by leaves below. Calyx: lobes oblong-oblanceolate, 4-5 mm long, rounded and with fine spreading cilia, fleshy and green becoming yellow and membranous below. Corolla slender ampulliform, fused basally for 2-3 mm, cream; lobes narrowly oblong-elliptic, 9-11 mm long, with a blunt beak. Stamens with yellow anthers. Squamae oblong-cuneate, 1-1.2 x 0.3-0.4 mm, truncate to slightly rounded, scarcely fleshy, yellow.
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Perennial or biennial, 20-90 mm tall, branching around base. Leaves tightly over-lapping, sessile, broadly ovate and saucer-like, 3-4 x 10-15 mm, with membranous, densely ciliate margins. Flowers in a dense, terminal, rounded head, embedded among leaves, flask-shaped, petals 9-11 mm long, fused in lower 2-3 mm, cream.
Like C. columnaris but much branched at base and leaf margins broadly membranous, with a dense fringe of cilia.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.09
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Crassula barklyi unspecified picture

Distribution

Crassula barklyi world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:272990-1
WFO ID wfo-0000624833
COL ID 6BBK3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tetraphyle barklyi Crassula teres Crassula barklyi