familyCrassulaceae
genusCrassula
speciesCrassula colligata
subspeciesCrassula colligata subsp. lamprosperma
Crassula colligata subsp. lamprosperma
S. Austral. Naturalist 76: 9, fig. 1H–K. 2002,.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 155.
Plants terrestrial, annual. Stems erect, reddish-brown in age, unbranched or branched, to 16 cm. Leaf-blades ovate to oblong, 4–5 mm, apex with awn or mucro. Inflorescences compact; flowers 2 per node. Pedicels 1.5+ mm. Flowers 5-merous; sepals lanceolate, 1.5 mm, apex mucronate; petals lanceolate, 1.2 mm. Follicles erect or slightly recurved, 1–2-seeded, oblong-lanceoloid; old follicles ascending, boatshaped. Seeds ellipsoid, 0.3–0.5 × 0.1–0.2 mm, not papillate, shiny, smooth.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Sandy to loamy soils in open woodlands
Elevation: 100-200 m
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Australia
Discussion
Subspecies lamprosperma was found along the San Gabriel River in southern California, possibly brought in as a seed contaminant at a nearby quarry (S. Boyd 2004).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
... more about "Crassula colligata subsp. lamprosperma"
dehiscent +
mucronate +
dense +
not spurred +
laminar +
fleshy +
not circumscissile +
sessile +
opposite +
connate +
coiled +
not circumscissile +
straight +
oily +
scant +
free +
5-merous +
symmetric +
erect +
bisexual +
1-2-seeded +
ascending;erect +
absent +
true +
rounded +
submarginal +
anatropous +
absent +
whitish +
distinct +
4;5 +
lanceolate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
distinct +
4;5 +
S. Austral. Naturalist +
1753 +
brownish +
1;20 +
shiny +
not papillate +
ellipsoid +
connate +
4;5 +
lanceolate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
alike +
antipetalous +
reddish-brown +
flowering +
erect +
succulent +
alike +
capitate +
4;5 +
absent +
distinct +
terminal +
4;5 +
2+ times shorter than ovary +
Crassula colligata subsp. lamprosperma +
Crassula colligata +
subspecies +
1-seeded +
not conspicuous +
annual +
terrestrial +
glabrous +
not viviparous +
succulent +
dehiscent +