Crassula lasiantha Drege Ex Harv.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Crassula

Characteristics

Perennials with wiry prostrate branches up to 0.2 m long, covered with recurved hairs at least when young, sparsely branched, often rooting along stems, old leaves not deciduous. Leaves obovate-elliptic, 3-6 x 3-4 mm, rounded, with recurved marginal cilia, dorsiventrally flattened to almost membranous, green. Inflorescence a thyrse with several dichasia each with few to many flowers, without distinct peduncle. Calyx: lobes oblong-triangular, 1.5-2 mm, rounded, with marginal cilia and long spreading hairs, slightly fleshy, green. Corolla tubular, fused at base for 0.3-0.4 mm, white or cream; lobes oblanceolate-elliptic, 2.5-3.5 mm long, acute, each with subterminal dorsal appendage, recurved or reflexed later. Stamens with yellow anthers. Squamae oblong, 0.5-0.6 x 0.2-0.3 mm, truncate or slightly rounded, scarcely constricted towards base, fleshy, pale yellow.
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Perennial with wiry, prostrate, recurved-hairy branches, rooting at nodes. Leaves opposite, obovate-elliptic, margins with recurved cilia. Flowers in subsessile, rounded clusters, whitish, tubular, petals ± 3 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Crassula lasiantha world distribution map, present in South Africa

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Synonyms

Crassula lasiantha