Crassula dichotoma L.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Crassula

Characteristics

Annuals with erect wiry stems 0.05-0.15 (-0.25) m long, usually sparsely branched. Leaves obovate, elliptic to linear or rarely lanceolate, 5-12 (-18) x 1-6(-10) mm, acute or obtuse, dorsiventrally compressed and often somewhat cymbiform, slightly fleshy, green. Inflorescence usually with one terminal thyrse. Calyx: lobes elliptic-lanceolate, 4-6 mm long, obtuse and with more or less recurved apices, glabrous, fleshy, green. Corolla funnel-shaped, fused at base 2.5-4 mm long, yellow to orange and often marked in a deeper colour in throat of tube; lobes ovate, lanceolate to elliptic, (7-)8-12(-20) mm long, obtuse to acute, without dorsal appendage, recurved. Stamens with yellow anthers. Squamae narrowly oblong, 0.6-1.3 x 0.1-0.3 mm, truncate or slightly rounded, scarcely constricted downwards, fleshy, yellow. Style slender with terminal stigma.
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Annual, with erect, wiry, sparsely branched stem, 10-150 mm tall. Leaves sessile, obovate to linear, dorsiventrally flattened and slightly fleshy, 5-12 x 1-6 mm. Flowers usually in a loose, terminal cluster, funnel-shaped, petals 8-12 mm long, yellow to orange, often darker in tube.
Annual with wiry stems to 20 cm. Leaves opposite, subterete to obovate. Flowers in a terminal thyrse, cup-shaped, yellow to orange, often marked red in throat, petals 8-15 mm long, stigmas terminal on slender styles.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.15
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity light
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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Crassula dichotoma unspecified picture
Crassula dichotoma unspecified picture

Distribution

Crassula dichotoma world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273106-1
WFO ID wfo-0000624985
COL ID Z77T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vauanthes chloriflora Grammanthes chloriflora Grammanthes flava Grammanthes gentianoides Crassula dichotoma Crassula gentianoides Crassula retroflexa Grammanthes caesia Grammanthes retroflexa Vauanthes dichotoma Crassula chlorifolia Grammanthes gentianoides var. chloraeflora