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Synonyms: |
Crassula avasimontana Dinter Crassula capitella Thunb. subsp. enanthiophylla (Baker f.) Toelken Crassula elata N.E. Br. Crassula enanthiophylla Baker f. Crassula guchabensis Merxm. Crassula nodulosa Schönland Crassula nodulosa Schönland var. longisepala R. Fern. Crassula pectinata Conrath |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Biennial or perennial succulent, up to 60 cm high, growing from a tuberous root and with a basal rosette of leaves up to 10 cm in diameter, most prominent when young. Plants are usually unbranched but may rarely form branches below the mid stem. Leaves along the stem smaller and more pointed than basal leaves, gradually decreasing and becoming bract-like towards the top. Stems and leaf margins ciliate with white or greyish papillae. Flowers in many-flowered clusters in the leaf axils. Corolla 5-lobed, 2.25-4 mm long, white or reddish. |
Notes: | Young plants form a distinctive, dense basal rosette of broad succulent leaves before the stems appear. |
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Habitat: | In rocky areas in grassland and woodland. |
Flowering time: | Oct - Apr |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Possibly also in East Africa. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Fernandes, R. (1983). Crassulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 29 - 31. under forma nodulosa and forma rhodesica Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 52. as Crassula nodulosa var. nodulosa Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 91. As Crassula nodulosa |
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