Crassula peculiaris (Tölken) Toelken & Wickens

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Crassula

Characteristics

Perennials with slender prostrate branches up to 0.3 m long forming irregular mats, sometimes with fine adventitious roots. Leaves with petioles up to 3 mm long; lamina ovate to broadly elliptic, 3-8(-10) x (2-)4-6 mm, usually obtuse, dorsiventrally compressed, covered with long fine hairs, green. Inflorescence with solitary flowers in the axil of leaves. Calyx: lobes linear-lanceolate, c. 3 mm long, obtuse to rounded, with scattered hairs, fleshy, green. Corolla cup-shaped, scarcely fused basally, white; lobes elliptic-oblong, 3.5-4 mm long, obtuse to rounded, erect to slightly recurved. Stamens with yellowish anthers. Squamae transversely oblong to almost square, c. 0.4 x 0.4-0.5 mm, truncate to slightly emarginate, slightly constricted downwards, somewhat fleshy, white.
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Slender, prostrate, mat-forming perennial to 30 cm long. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate-elliptic, finely hairy. Flowers solitary in axils, bowl-shaped, white, petals 3.5-4.0 mm long. Seeds papillose.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system adventitious-root
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Crassula peculiaris world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914960-1
WFO ID wfo-0000625318
COL ID Z7FR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Crassula peculiaris Crassula expansa subsp. peculiaris