Crassula cooperi Regel

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Crassula

Characteristics

Leaves crowded towards the base of the stems forming cushions, scattered upwards, spreading, the lower up to 2·6 x 0·25 cm., spathulate-oblanceolate, the median and upper ones 0·8-1·3 cm. long, elliptic-lanceolate, ± fleshy, pale green with dark spots on the lamina, ciliate at the margin.
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Stems up to 15 cm. long, ascending, very slender, herbaceous, hispid with whitish, spreading, obtuse hairs up to 1 mm. long.
Petals ovate-lanceolate, acute, with a short, acute, smooth mucro below the apex, stellately spreading, smooth.
A perennial succulent herb with numerous stems forming tufts, from a vertical woody rootstock.
Follicles ± 1·5 mm. long, smooth, finally contracted into the terminal short styles.
Calyx half as long as corolla, or more; sepals acute, ciliate at the margin.
Anthers 0·25-0·4 mm. long, suborbicular to suboblong.
Flowers shortly pedicellate in few-flowered cymes.
Scales emarginate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway cam

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Crassula cooperi world distribution map, present in South Africa and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273059-1
WFO ID wfo-0000624930
COL ID 6BBJL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sedum regelii Crassula bolusii Crassula bolusii Crassula cooperi Crassula exilis subsp. cooperi

Lower taxons

Crassula cooperi var. subnodulosa