Crassula pubescens Thunb.

Crassule pubescente (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Crassulaceae > Crassula

Characteristics

Perennial low shrublets up to 0.3 m high, usually much branched, with deciduous leaves. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, rarely eliptic or linear, (6-)10-30(-4O) x (2-)4-15(-20) mm, obtuse to acute, dorsiventrally compressed and slightly convex on both surfaces, tomentose, pubescent to glabrous, green to brown. Inflorescence a rounded to somewhat elongate thyrse with few globular dichasia (i.e. part-inflorescences are rarely produced from more than 2 nodes on central axis), with peduncle 0.08-0.15 m long, puberulous to glabrous. Calyx: lobes oblong-triangular, 1-1.5 mm long, obtuse to bluntly acute, hairy, puberulous to glabrous and with marginal cilia, fleshy, green. Corolla tubular to almost cylindrical, fused basally for 0.3-0.5 mm, cream to pale yellow; lobes oblanceolate-panduriform, 2-3 mm long, with elongate-ellipsoid to almost spherical dorsal appendage in terminal position and with short membranous petal apex on inside. Stamens with yellow anthers. Squamae oblong-cuneate, 0.6-0.8(-0.9) x 0.2-0.4 mm, more or less emarginate, usually first abruptly constricted below apex then gradually towards base, fleshy, pale yellow.
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Perennial dwarf shrub, succulent, much branched, erect, woody, 0.3 m high, old leaves deciduous. Leaves opposite, oblanceolate to obovate, 10-30 x 4-15 mm, obtuse to acute, slightly convex both sides but with sharp margins, tomentose, pubescent to glabrous, green to brown. Inflorescence an elongate, terminal thyrse with 1-4 globular dichasia; flowers sessile; peduncle 0.08-0.15 m long, puberulous to glabrous. Calyx fleshy, green, puberulous to glabrous, marginal cilia. Corolla tubular, fused 0.3-0.5 mm, cream-coloured to pale yellow; lobes oblanceolate to panduriform, 2-3 mm long, terminal elongate ellipsoid dorsal appendage present, membranous apex on inside. Flowering time Sept.-Feb.
Much-branched, low shrublet, 0.1-0.3 m tall. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, flat to slightly convex above and below, 10-30 x 4-15 mm, tomentose to glabrous. Flowers in few globular clusters, on an unbranched inflorescence, on a pubescent to glabrous peduncle 0.08-0.15 m long, tubular, petals 2-3 mm long, fused in lower 0.5 mm, each with a ± spherical, terminal appendage, pale yellow.
Shrublet to 30 cm. Leaves opposite, oblanceolate to obovate, hairy or smooth, margins ciliate. Flowers in rounded to elongate clusters on puberulous to smooth peduncles, tubular, cream-coloured, petals ± 2.5 mm long, petals with subglobose dorsal appendage.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Soil texture 7-9
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Germination luminosity light
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Images

Crassula pubescens unspecified picture

Distribution

Crassula pubescens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273409-1
WFO ID wfo-0000625371
COL ID Z7GV
BDTFX ID 19336
INPN ID 92802
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Synonyms

Crassula fragilis Crassula fergusoniae Crassula pubescens Globulea pubescens Crassula pubescens subsp. pubescens

Lower taxons

Crassula pubescens subsp. radicans Crassula pubescens subsp. rattrayi