Crassula dodii Schönland & Baker F.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Crassula

Characteristics

Annuals with decumbent, rarely prostrate branches 10-50 mm long, glabrous, with lower leaves usually clustered into groups of four. Leaves with petiole up to 3 mm long at least in basal ones; lamina ovate to elliptic, 2-4 x 2-3 mm, obtuse, glabrous, dorsiventrally flattened but often slightly convex on upper surface, slightly fleshy, green to brown. Inflorescence a thyrse with one to few dichasia, with pedicellate, 4-merous flowers. Calyx: lobes lanceolate, c. 1.5 mm long, obtuse or bluntly acute, fleshy, green to brown. Corolla more or less cup-shaped, scarcely fused basally, white; lobes oblong-elliptic, 1.4-1.7 mm long, bluntly acute, spreading. Stamens with yellow anthers. Squamae oblong-cuneate, 0.3-0.5 x 0.1-0.3 mm, truncate, gradually constricted downwards, slightly fleshy, white. Seeds 8-12, released through apical pore of follicle.
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Decumbent annual, with branches 10-50 mm tall. Leaves petiolate, clustered near base in whorls of 4, ovate to elliptic, dorsiventrally flattened and slightly convex above, 2-4 x 2-3 mm, glabrous. Flowers in loose, mostly terminal clusters, on slender pedicels, ± cup-shaped, petals 1.4-2 mm long, white.
Like C. oblanceolata but lower leaves in clusters of 4.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.05
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

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Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Crassula dodii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273114-1
WFO ID wfo-0000624994
COL ID Z782
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crassula dodii