WorldFloraDB - Crassula tillaea

Characteristics

Plants terrestrial, annual. Stems erect, red in age, simple or often branching, 1-6 cm. Leaf blades oblong, 1-3 mm, apex acute, apiculate. Inflorescences compact, crowded; flowers (1-)2 per node. Pedicels 0.2-0.5(-1.5) mm. Flowers 3(-4)-merous; sepals lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm, apex attenuate, apiculate; petals narrow-lanceolate, 0.5-1 mm. Follicles ascending, (1-)2-seeded, ovoid; old follicles ascending, boat-shaped. Seeds ellipsoid, 0.3 × 0.2 mm, not papillate, dull, smooth to minutely rugulose. 2n = 64.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

0.1 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

0.02 - 0.06

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

cam

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-7
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-